[PATCH 3/3] staging: comedi: dt3000: remove unneeded variable
Ian Abbott
abbotti at mev.co.uk
Sun Aug 17 10:20:18 UTC 2014
On 17/08/14 05:26, Chase Southwood wrote:
> Coccinelle (using scripts/coccinelle/tests/doublebitand.cocci) found this
> assignment because 0 is or'd twice. Upon inspection, I found that the
> variable "mode" is only assigned once and used once, and thus can be
> cleanly removed. This patch plugs its value straight into writew() and
> then removes the variable.
>
> Signed-off-by: Chase Southwood <chase.southwood at gmail.com>
> Cc: Ian Abbott <abbotti at mev.co.uk>
> Cc: H Hartley Sweeten <hsweeten at visionengravers.com>
> ---
> It occurred to me while doing this that zero might be or'd twice to
> indicate "no information" in order to maintain some three-part structure
> used elsewhere. If this is the case, I think that the variable could
> still be removed and the "| 0 | 0" could be added to the writew().
>
> drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/dt3000.c | 4 +---
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)
This shouldn't be in the same series as the other two patches, but never
mind.
Reviewed-by: Ian Abbott <abbotti at mev.co.uk>
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