linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/3] compat: remove unnecessary assignment in compat_rw_copy_check

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Date:	Mon, 27 Dec 2010 01:41:52 +0900
From:	Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...il.com>
To:	Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
Cc:	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@...hat.com>
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] compat: remove unnecessary assignment in compat_rw_copy_check_uvector()

*@..._pointer is initialized to @fast_pointer thus the assignment is
redundant.

Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...il.com>
Cc: Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@...hat.com>
---
 fs/compat.c |    4 +---
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/compat.c b/fs/compat.c
index b074e9f79148..0a22f973f4b5 100644
--- a/fs/compat.c
+++ b/fs/compat.c
@@ -597,10 +597,8 @@ ssize_t compat_rw_copy_check_uvector(int type,
 	if (nr_segs > fast_segs) {
 		ret = -ENOMEM;
 		iov = kmalloc(nr_segs*sizeof(struct iovec), GFP_KERNEL);
-		if (iov == NULL) {
-			*ret_pointer = fast_pointer;
+		if (iov == NULL)
 			goto out;
-		}
 	}
 	*ret_pointer = iov;
 
-- 
1.7.3.4.600.g982838b0

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