linux-kernel - [PATCH] rtl8712: remove unneeded local variable in _malloc in osdep

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Date:	Sun, 7 Nov 2010 07:20:58 +0100 (CET)
From:	Jesper Juhl <jj@...osbits.net>
To:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <greg@...ah.com>
cc:	Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>,
	Florian Schilhabel <florian.c.schilhabel@...glemail.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] rtl8712: remove unneeded local variable in _malloc in
 osdep_service.h header

Hi,

The local variable 'ret' in 
drivers/staging/rtl8712/osdep_service.h::_malloc() is completely unneeded, 
so let's remove it.

Signed-off-by: Jesper Juhl <jj@...osbits.net>
---
diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8712/osdep_service.h b/drivers/staging/rtl8712/osdep_service.h
 osdep_service.h |    5 +----
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-)

index d1674cd..a6e3f19 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8712/osdep_service.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8712/osdep_service.h
@@ -196,10 +196,7 @@ static inline void sleep_schedulable(int ms)
 
 static inline u8 *_malloc(u32 sz)
 {
-	u8 *pbuf;
-
-	pbuf =	kmalloc(sz, GFP_ATOMIC);
-	return pbuf;
+	return kmalloc(sz, GFP_ATOMIC);
 }
 
 static inline unsigned char _cancel_timer_ex(struct timer_list *ptimer)


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