Re: [PATCH] x86/PCI: Remove unused assignment to variable info

[Bjorn Helgaas <helgaas@kernel.org>]

On Tue, Apr 20, 2021 at 09:09:13PM +0000, Krzysztof Wilczyński wrote:
> The value returned from the alloc_pci_root_info() function that is
> assigned to the "info" variable within the loop body is never used for
> anything once the loop finishes its run, and it is overridden later
> within another loop body where the value returned from the
> find_pci_root_info() will be assigned to it.
> 
> When the function alloc_pci_root_info() is executed within the body of
> the first loop, it would allocate a new struct pci_root_info and then
> store pointer to it in a global linked list called "pci_root_infos",
> thus the value that the "info" variable would contain after the loop
> finishes would reference the struct pci_root_info that was allocated the
> last, thus it might not necessarily be of use.
> 
> Additionally, the function find_pci_root_info() can be used to find and
> retrieve the relevant pci_root_info stored on the aforementioned linked
> list.
> 
> Since the value of the "info" variable following the first loop is never
> used in any meaningful way the assigned can be removed.
> 
> Related:
>   commit d28e5ac2a07e ("x86/PCI: dynamically allocate pci_root_info for native host bridge drivers")
>   commit a10bb128b64f ("x86/PCI: put busn resource in pci_root_info for native host bridge drivers")
> 
> Addresses-Coverity-ID: 1222153 ("Unused value")
> Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Wilczyński <kw@linux.com>

Applied to pci/misc for v5.13, thanks!

> ---
>  arch/x86/pci/amd_bus.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/pci/amd_bus.c b/arch/x86/pci/amd_bus.c
> index bfa50e65ef6c..ae744b6a0785 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/pci/amd_bus.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/pci/amd_bus.c
> @@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ static int __init early_root_info_init(void)
>  		node = (reg >> 4) & 0x07;
>  		link = (reg >> 8) & 0x03;
>  
> -		info = alloc_pci_root_info(min_bus, max_bus, node, link);
> +		alloc_pci_root_info(min_bus, max_bus, node, link);
>  	}
>  
>  	/*
> -- 
> 2.31.0
>