# Re: \[PATCH\] video: fbdev: mb862xx: remove redundant assignment to pointer ptr

- From: Geert Uytterhoeven \<geert@linux-m68k.org\>
- Date: 2021-12-21 08:11:41 
- List: linux-fbdev
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-fbdev/2021/12/1615220
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/dri-devel/2021/12/1614932/t.md

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On Tue, Dec 21, 2021 at 3:01 AM Colin Ian King [ref] wrote:
> The pointer ptr is being assigned a value that is never read. The
> pointer is being re-assigned later in a loop. The assignment is
> redundant and can be removed.
>
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <redacted>

Reviewed-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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