[Qemu-devel] [PATCH] target-i386: Remove unused local_err variable

[Eduardo Habkost]

local_err can never be set to non-NULL. Remove the variable.

Detected by Coverity:

    *** CID 1365201:  Possible Control flow issues  (DEADCODE)
    /target-i386/cpu.c: 2050 in x86_cpu_parse_featurestr()
    2044             prop->value = g_strdup(val);
    2045             prop->errp = &error_fatal;
    2046             qdev_prop_register_global(prop);
    2047         }
    2048
    2049         if (local_err) {
    >>>     CID 1365201:  Possible Control flow issues  (DEADCODE)
    >>>     Execution cannot reach this statement: "error_propagate(errp, 
local...".
    2050             error_propagate(errp, local_err);
    2051         }
    2052     }
    2053
    2054     static void x86_cpu_load_features(X86CPU *cpu, Error **errp);
    2055     static int x86_cpu_filter_features(X86CPU *cpu);

Reported-by: Markus Armbruster <address@hidden>
Signed-off-by: Eduardo Habkost <address@hidden>
---
 target-i386/cpu.c | 7 +------
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/target-i386/cpu.c b/target-i386/cpu.c
index 6eec5dc..de1f30e 100644
--- a/target-i386/cpu.c
+++ b/target-i386/cpu.c
@@ -2001,7 +2001,6 @@ static void x86_cpu_parse_featurestr(const char 
*typename, char *features,
                                      Error **errp)
 {
     char *featurestr; /* Single 'key=value" string being parsed */
-    Error *local_err = NULL;
     static bool cpu_globals_initialized;
     bool ambiguous = false;
 
@@ -2015,7 +2014,7 @@ static void x86_cpu_parse_featurestr(const char 
*typename, char *features,
     }
 
     for (featurestr = strtok(features, ",");
-         featurestr  && !local_err;
+         featurestr;
          featurestr = strtok(NULL, ",")) {
         const char *name;
         const char *val = NULL;
@@ -2086,10 +2085,6 @@ static void x86_cpu_parse_featurestr(const char 
*typename, char *features,
         error_report("warning: Compatibility of ambiguous CPU model "
                      "strings won't be kept on future QEMU versions");
     }
-
-    if (local_err) {
-        error_propagate(errp, local_err);
-    }
 }
 
 static void x86_cpu_load_features(X86CPU *cpu, Error **errp);
-- 
2.7.4