kern/126223: [patch] Unused `error' variable in kthread_add()

Mateusz Guzik mjguzik at gmail.com
Sun Aug 3 19:00:13 UTC 2008


>Number:         126223
>Category:       kern
>Synopsis:       [patch] Unused `error' variable in kthread_add()
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Sun Aug 03 19:00:06 UTC 2008
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Mateusz Guzik
>Release:        8.0-CURRENT
>Organization:
>Environment:
FreeBSD eternal 8.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 8.0-CURRENT #24: Wed Jul 23 01:21:38 CEST 2008     f at eternal:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/ETERNAL  i386

>Description:
Variable `error' is declared and set to 0, but not used later.
>How-To-Repeat:

>Fix:


Patch attached with submission follows:

--- sys/kern/kern_kthread.c.orig	2008-08-03 20:35:18.000000000 +0200
+++ sys/kern/kern_kthread.c	2008-08-03 20:35:33.000000000 +0200
@@ -241,16 +241,14 @@
 kthread_add(void (*func)(void *), void *arg, struct proc *p,
     struct thread **newtdp, int flags, int pages, const char *fmt, ...)
 {
 	va_list ap;
 	struct thread *newtd, *oldtd;
-	int error;
 
 	if (!proc0.p_stats)
 		panic("kthread_add called too soon");
 
-	error = 0;
 	/* If no process supplied, put it on proc0 */
 	if (p == NULL) {
 		p = &proc0;
 		oldtd = &thread0;
 	} else {


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