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To:     Wei Liu <wei.liu@kernel.org>
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Date:   Tue, 14 Apr 2020 22:25:52 +0100
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On 14/04/2020 21:24, Wei Liu wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 14, 2020 at 04:23:43PM +0100, Colin King wrote:
>> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@canonical.com>
>>
>> The pointer primary_channel is being assigned with a value that is never,
>> The assignment is redundant and can be removed.
>>
>> Addresses-Coverity: ("Unused value")
>> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@canonical.com>
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Now that the only user of primary_channel is within the else branch, we
> can go one step further to move the definition of primary_channel there.
> 
> I can make the adjustment while committing this patch, as well as
> updating the commit message.
> 
> Wei.

Thanks Wei,

Colin

> 
>> ---
>>  drivers/hv/channel_mgmt.c | 2 --
>>  1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/hv/channel_mgmt.c b/drivers/hv/channel_mgmt.c
>> index ffd7fffa5f83..f7bbb8dc4b0f 100644
>> --- a/drivers/hv/channel_mgmt.c
>> +++ b/drivers/hv/channel_mgmt.c
>> @@ -425,8 +425,6 @@ void hv_process_channel_removal(struct vmbus_channel *channel)
>>  
>>  	if (channel->primary_channel == NULL) {
>>  		list_del(&channel->listentry);
>> -
>> -		primary_channel = channel;
>>  	} else {
>>  		primary_channel = channel->primary_channel;
>>  		spin_lock_irqsave(&primary_channel->lock, flags);
>> -- 
>> 2.25.1
>>