[PATCH 2/6 v2]kernel:audit.c Fix warning: variable 'nlh' set but not used

Justin P. Mattock justinmattock at gmail.com
Sat Jun 19 17:51:40 UTC 2010


This is a resend from the original due to some whitespace issues,
and done incorrectly.
 
The below patch fixes this warning from gcc 4.6.0
  CC      kernel/audit.o
kernel/audit.c: In function 'audit_buffer_alloc':
kernel/audit.c:1044:19: warning: variable 'nlh' set but not used

 Signed-off-by: Justin P. Mattock <justinmattock at gmail.com>

---
 kernel/audit.c |    3 +--
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/audit.c b/kernel/audit.c
index c71bd26..1d51258 100644
--- a/kernel/audit.c
+++ b/kernel/audit.c
@@ -1041,7 +1041,6 @@ static struct audit_buffer * audit_buffer_alloc(struct audit_context *ctx,
 {
 	unsigned long flags;
 	struct audit_buffer *ab = NULL;
-	struct nlmsghdr *nlh;
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&audit_freelist_lock, flags);
 	if (!list_empty(&audit_freelist)) {
@@ -1065,7 +1064,7 @@ static struct audit_buffer * audit_buffer_alloc(struct audit_context *ctx,
 	if (!ab->skb)
 		goto nlmsg_failure;
 
-	nlh = NLMSG_NEW(ab->skb, 0, 0, type, 0, 0);
+	NLMSG_NEW(ab->skb, 0, 0, type, 0, 0);
 
 	return ab;
 
-- 
1.7.1.rc1.21.gf3bd6




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