linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/4] fs: befs: remove unneeded initialization to NULL

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Date:	Tue, 10 May 2016 02:17:38 +0100
From:	Salah Triki <salah.triki@....org>
To:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Cc:	Salah Triki <salah.triki@....org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 1/4] fs: befs: remove unneeded initialization to NULL

inode is reinitialized by befs_iget() so no need to init it
with NULL in the beginning of befs_lookup()

Signed-off-by: Salah Triki <salah.triki@....org>
---
 fs/befs/linuxvfs.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/befs/linuxvfs.c b/fs/befs/linuxvfs.c
index cc0e082..dded1c7 100644
--- a/fs/befs/linuxvfs.c
+++ b/fs/befs/linuxvfs.c
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ befs_get_block(struct inode *inode, sector_t block,
 static struct dentry *
 befs_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, unsigned int flags)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = NULL;
+	struct inode *inode;
 	struct super_block *sb = dir->i_sb;
 	befs_data_stream *ds = &BEFS_I(dir)->i_data.ds;
 	befs_off_t offset;
-- 
1.9.1