From 456e2cbce19a0e1ebda50a7f807a4729648a7a82 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: James Zern <jzern@google.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2025 13:30:44 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] VP8LInitBitReader: remove dead store

`br->val` was initialized to 0 followed later by `value` without being
read in between.

Change-Id: Ifdd06becb5a0de0ffb2641102c73985b077ed778
---
 src/utils/bit_reader_utils.c | 1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/utils/bit_reader_utils.c b/src/utils/bit_reader_utils.c
index 3a2f1d2e..5b252414 100644
--- a/src/utils/bit_reader_utils.c
+++ b/src/utils/bit_reader_utils.c
@@ -141,7 +141,6 @@ void VP8LInitBitReader(VP8LBitReader* const br,
 
   br->buf = start;
   br->len = length;
-  br->val = 0;
   br->bit_pos = 0;
   br->eos = 0;