linux-kernel - [PATCH v2] apparmor/file: Removing unnecessary initial values for variable pointers

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Date:   Tue, 19 Sep 2023 09:56:08 +0800
From:   Li kunyu <kunyu@...china.com>
To:     john.johansen@...onical.com, paul@...l-moore.com,
        jmorris@...ei.org, serge@...lyn.com
Cc:     apparmor@...ts.ubuntu.com, linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Li kunyu <kunyu@...china.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2] apparmor/file: Removing unnecessary initial values for variable pointers

These variable pointers are assigned during use and do not need to be
initialized for assignment.

Signed-off-by: Li kunyu <kunyu@...china.com>
---
 v2: Fix timestamp issues

 security/apparmor/file.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/security/apparmor/file.c b/security/apparmor/file.c
index 698b124e649f..12eafdf18fc0 100644
--- a/security/apparmor/file.c
+++ b/security/apparmor/file.c
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ int aa_path_perm(const char *op, struct aa_label *label,
 {
 	struct aa_perms perms = {};
 	struct aa_profile *profile;
-	char *buffer = NULL;
+	char *buffer;
 	int error;
 
 	flags |= PATH_DELEGATE_DELETED | (S_ISDIR(cond->mode) ? PATH_IS_DIR :
@@ -412,7 +412,7 @@ int aa_path_link(struct aa_label *label, struct dentry *old_dentry,
 		d_backing_inode(old_dentry)->i_uid,
 		d_backing_inode(old_dentry)->i_mode
 	};
-	char *buffer = NULL, *buffer2 = NULL;
+	char *buffer, *buffer2;
 	struct aa_profile *profile;
 	int error;
 
-- 
2.18.2