Hi, below is a patch that just removes dead code/initializers without any effect (first access is an assignment) that I stumbled accross while reading the source.
Florian --------------------------------------------------------------------------- diff --git a/drivers/net/pppoe.c b/drivers/net/pppoe.c index 13f5b22..18d1a4d 100644 --- a/drivers/net/pppoe.c +++ b/drivers/net/pppoe.c @@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ static inline struct pppox_sock *get_item(unsigned long sid, static inline struct pppox_sock *get_item_by_addr(struct sockaddr_pppox *sp) { - struct net_device *dev = NULL; + struct net_device *dev; int ifindex; dev = dev_get_by_name(sp->sa_addr.pppoe.dev); @@ -222,9 +222,6 @@ static inline int set_item(struct pppox_sock *po) { int i; - if (!po) - return -EINVAL; - write_lock_bh(&pppoe_hash_lock); i = __set_item(po); write_unlock_bh(&pppoe_hash_lock); @@ -344,7 +341,7 @@ static struct notifier_block pppoe_notifier = { static int pppoe_rcv_core(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb) { struct pppox_sock *po = pppox_sk(sk); - struct pppox_sock *relay_po = NULL; + struct pppox_sock *relay_po; if (sk->sk_state & PPPOX_BOUND) { struct pppoe_hdr *ph = (struct pppoe_hdr *) skb->nh.raw; @@ -514,7 +511,6 @@ static int pppoe_release(struct socket *sock) { struct sock *sk = sock->sk; struct pppox_sock *po; - int error = 0; if (!sk) return 0; @@ -543,7 +539,7 @@ static int pppoe_release(struct socket *sock) skb_queue_purge(&sk->sk_receive_queue); sock_put(sk); - return error; + return 0; } @@ -762,10 +758,10 @@ static int pppoe_ioctl(struct socket *sock, unsigned int cmd, static int pppoe_sendmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *m, size_t total_len) { - struct sk_buff *skb = NULL; + struct sk_buff *skb; struct sock *sk = sock->sk; struct pppox_sock *po = pppox_sk(sk); - int error = 0; + int error; struct pppoe_hdr hdr; struct pppoe_hdr *ph; struct net_device *dev; @@ -929,10 +925,10 @@ static int pppoe_recvmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *m, size_t total_len, int flags) { struct sock *sk = sock->sk; - struct sk_buff *skb = NULL; + struct sk_buff *skb; int error = 0; int len; - struct pppoe_hdr *ph = NULL; + struct pppoe_hdr *ph; if (sk->sk_state & PPPOX_BOUND) { error = -EIO; @@ -949,7 +945,6 @@ static int pppoe_recvmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock, m->msg_namelen = 0; if (skb) { - error = 0; ph = (struct pppoe_hdr *) skb->nh.raw; len = ntohs(ph->length); @@ -991,7 +986,7 @@ out: static __inline__ struct pppox_sock *pppoe_get_idx(loff_t pos) { - struct pppox_sock *po = NULL; + struct pppox_sock *po; int i = 0; for (; i < PPPOE_HASH_SIZE; i++) { - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html