[PATCH][next] bpf: devmap: remove redundant assignment of variable drops

Subsystems: bpf [general] (safe dynamic programs and tools), the rest, xdp (express data path)

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[PATCH][next] bpf: devmap: remove redundant assignment of variable drops

From: Colin King <hidden>
Date: 2021-05-27 14:36:48

From: Colin Ian King <redacted>

The variable drops is being assigned a value that is never
read, it is being updated later on. The assignment is redundant and
can be removed.

Addresses-Coverity: ("Unused value")
Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <redacted>
---
 kernel/bpf/devmap.c | 2 --
 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kernel/bpf/devmap.c b/kernel/bpf/devmap.c
index f9148daab0e3..fe3873b5d13d 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/devmap.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/devmap.c
@@ -388,8 +388,6 @@ static void bq_xmit_all(struct xdp_dev_bulk_queue *bq, u32 flags)
 		to_send = dev_map_bpf_prog_run(bq->xdp_prog, bq->q, cnt, dev);
 		if (!to_send)
 			goto out;
-
-		drops = cnt - to_send;
 	}
 
 	sent = dev->netdev_ops->ndo_xdp_xmit(dev, to_send, bq->q, flags);
-- 
2.31.1

Re: [PATCH][next] bpf: devmap: remove redundant assignment of variable drops

From: Maciej Fijalkowski <maciej.fijalkowski@intel.com>
Date: 2021-05-27 15:10:13

On Thu, May 27, 2021 at 03:36:37PM +0100, Colin King wrote:
From: Colin Ian King <redacted>

The variable drops is being assigned a value that is never
read, it is being updated later on. The assignment is redundant and
can be removed.
Acked-by: Maciej Fijalkowski <maciej.fijalkowski@intel.com>

Would help if you would have CCed me given the fact that hour ago I
confirmed that it could be removed :p but no big deal.

Thanks!
quoted hunk
Addresses-Coverity: ("Unused value")
Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <redacted>
---
 kernel/bpf/devmap.c | 2 --
 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kernel/bpf/devmap.c b/kernel/bpf/devmap.c
index f9148daab0e3..fe3873b5d13d 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/devmap.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/devmap.c
@@ -388,8 +388,6 @@ static void bq_xmit_all(struct xdp_dev_bulk_queue *bq, u32 flags)
 		to_send = dev_map_bpf_prog_run(bq->xdp_prog, bq->q, cnt, dev);
 		if (!to_send)
 			goto out;
-
-		drops = cnt - to_send;
 	}
 
 	sent = dev->netdev_ops->ndo_xdp_xmit(dev, to_send, bq->q, flags);
-- 
2.31.1

Re: [PATCH][next] bpf: devmap: remove redundant assignment of variable drops

From: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>
Date: 2021-05-28 20:43:47

On 5/27/21 4:55 PM, Maciej Fijalkowski wrote:
On Thu, May 27, 2021 at 03:36:37PM +0100, Colin King wrote:
quoted
From: Colin Ian King <redacted>

The variable drops is being assigned a value that is never
read, it is being updated later on. The assignment is redundant and
can be removed.
Acked-by: Maciej Fijalkowski <maciej.fijalkowski@intel.com>

Would help if you would have CCed me given the fact that hour ago I
confirmed that it could be removed :p but no big deal.
Thanks guys, fyi, took in this one for bpf-next [0], since more unneeded
code removed.

   [0] https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bpf/bpf-next.git/commit/?id=e8e0f0f484780d7b90a63ea50020ac4bb027178d
quoted
Addresses-Coverity: ("Unused value")
Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <redacted>
---
  kernel/bpf/devmap.c | 2 --
  1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kernel/bpf/devmap.c b/kernel/bpf/devmap.c
index f9148daab0e3..fe3873b5d13d 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/devmap.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/devmap.c
@@ -388,8 +388,6 @@ static void bq_xmit_all(struct xdp_dev_bulk_queue *bq, u32 flags)
  		to_send = dev_map_bpf_prog_run(bq->xdp_prog, bq->q, cnt, dev);
  		if (!to_send)
  			goto out;
-
-		drops = cnt - to_send;
  	}
  
  	sent = dev->netdev_ops->ndo_xdp_xmit(dev, to_send, bq->q, flags);
-- 
2.31.1

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