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From:   Namjae Jeon <linkinjeon@kernel.org>
Date:   Sat, 6 May 2023 09:57:59 +0900
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] ntfs: remove redundant initialization to pointer cb_sb_start
To:     Colin Ian King <colin.i.king@gmail.com>
Cc:     Anton Altaparmakov <anton@tuxera.com>,
        linux-ntfs-dev@lists.sourceforge.net,
        kernel-janitors@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
        Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
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2023-04-19 0:36 GMT+09:00, Colin Ian King <colin.i.king@gmail.com>:
> The pointer cb_sb_start is being initialized with a value that is never
> read, it is being re-assigned the same value later on when it is first
> being used. The initialization is redundant and can be removed.
>
> Cleans up clang scan build warning:
> fs/ntfs/compress.c:164:6: warning: Value stored to 'cb_sb_start' during its
> initialization is never read [deadcode.DeadStores]
>         u8 *cb_sb_start = cb;   /* Beginning of the current sb in the cb.
> */
>
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.i.king@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Namjae Jeon <linkinjeon@kernel.org>