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

Justin P. Mattock justinmattock at gmail.com
Fri Jun 11 20:41:05 UTC 2010


Removing dead code(hopefully), fixes a warning
when compiling the kernel.

  CC      kernel/audit.o
kernel/audit.c: In function 'audit_buffer_alloc':
kernel/audit.c:1044:19: warning: variable 'nlh' set but not used
  CC      kernel/auditfilter.o
 
 Signed-off-by: Justin P. Mattock <justinmattock at gmail.com>

---
 kernel/audit.c |    6 ++----
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/audit.c b/kernel/audit.c
index c71bd26..783d958 100644
--- a/kernel/audit.c
+++ b/kernel/audit.c
@@ -1041,8 +1041,7 @@ 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)) {
 		ab = list_entry(audit_freelist.next,
@@ -1065,8 +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);
-
+	
 	return ab;
 
 nlmsg_failure:                  /* Used by NLMSG_NEW */
-- 
1.7.1.rc1.21.gf3bd6




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