# Re: \[PATCH\] video: fbdev: tridentfb: remove deadcode on unreachable case statement

- From: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz \<hidden\>
- Date: 2018-07-24 16:50:51 
- List: linux-fbdev
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-fbdev/2018/07/5341348
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/dri-devel/2018/07/5333568/t.md

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On Monday, July 16, 2018 02:44:58 PM Colin King wrote:
> From: Colin Ian King <redacted>
> 
> The value of tmp being used in the switch statement has the range of
> just 0..3 hence the case 4 statement can never be reached and is
> deadcode and can be removed.
> 
> Detected by CoverityScan, CID#744384 ("Logically dead code")
> 
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <redacted>

Patch queued for 4.19, thanks.

Best regards,
--
Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
Samsung R&D Institute Poland
Samsung Electronics

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