On Wed, Aug 21, 2019 at 07:18:39PM +0100, Colin Ian King wrote: > Hi, > > Static analysis of linux-next picked up an issue with the following commit: > > commit 8fc8598e61f6f384f3eaf1d9b09500c12af47b37 > Author: Jerry Chuang <jerry-chu...@realtek.com> > Date: Tue Nov 3 07:17:11 2009 -0200 > > Staging: Added Realtek rtl8192u driver to staging > > In drivers/staging/rtl8192u/ieee80211/ieee80211_softmac.c we have: > > CID 48331 (#1 of 1): Unused value (UNUSED_VALUE) assigned_pointer > > Assigning value from ieee->crypt[ieee->tx_keyidx] to crypt here, but > that stored value is not used. > > 746 crypt = ieee->crypt[ieee->tx_keyidx]; > 747 if (encrypt) > 748 beacon_buf->capability |= > cpu_to_le16(WLAN_CAPABILITY_PRIVACY); > > Pointer crypt is being assigned but is never used afterwards. Now > either this is a redundant assignment and can be removed OR maybe crypt > should be checked and there is a typo, e.g.: > > crypt = ieee->crypt[ieee->tx_keyidx]; > if (crypt) > ... > > Either way, it's not clear to me and I think the code needs cleaning up. > Any ideas?
10+ year old code, yeah!!! Just guess, who knows, no one seems to care :( greg k-h _______________________________________________ devel mailing list de...@linuxdriverproject.org http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/driverdev-devel
