Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 11 Jun 2010 23:14:48 +0200 | Subject | Re: [PATCH 2/6]kernel:audit.c Fix warning: variable 'nlh' set but not used | From | Geert Uytterhoeven <> |
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On Fri, Jun 11, 2010 at 22:41, Justin P. Mattock <justinmattock@gmail.com> wrote: > Removing dead code(hopefully), fixes a warning
This is not dead code. NLMSG_NEW() sets up an nlmsg in ab->skb. If you remove the code, it's no longer initialized.
> when compiling the kernel. > > CC kernel/audit.o > kernel/audit.c: In function 'audit_buffer_alloc': > kernel/audit.c:1044:19: warning: variable 'nlh' set but not used > CC kernel/auditfilter.o > > Signed-off-by: Justin P. Mattock <justinmattock@gmail.com> > > --- > kernel/audit.c | 6 ++---- > 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/kernel/audit.c b/kernel/audit.c > index c71bd26..783d958 100644 > --- a/kernel/audit.c > +++ b/kernel/audit.c > @@ -1041,8 +1041,7 @@ static struct audit_buffer * audit_buffer_alloc(struct audit_context *ctx, > { > unsigned long flags; > struct audit_buffer *ab = NULL; > - struct nlmsghdr *nlh; > - > + > spin_lock_irqsave(&audit_freelist_lock, flags); > if (!list_empty(&audit_freelist)) { > ab = list_entry(audit_freelist.next, > @@ -1065,8 +1064,7 @@ static struct audit_buffer * audit_buffer_alloc(struct audit_context *ctx, > if (!ab->skb) > goto nlmsg_failure; > > - nlh = NLMSG_NEW(ab->skb, 0, 0, type, 0, 0); > - > + > return ab; > > nlmsg_failure: /* Used by NLMSG_NEW */
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert
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