linux-kernel - [patch 1/2] sysctl: remove an unused variable

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Date:	Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:39:59 +0300
From:	Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
To:	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
Cc:	Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Lucas De Marchi <lucas.demarchi@...fusion.mobi>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [patch 1/2] sysctl: remove an unused variable

"links" is never used, so we can remove it.

Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>

diff --git a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
index 8dc7f0e..1b1f5b8 100644
--- a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
+++ b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
@@ -1165,7 +1165,6 @@ struct ctl_table_header *__register_sysctl_table(
 	const char *path, struct ctl_table *table)
 {
 	struct ctl_table_root *root = set->dir.header.root;
-	struct ctl_table_header *links = NULL;
 	struct ctl_table_header *header;
 	const char *name, *nextname;
 	struct ctl_dir *dir;
@@ -1222,7 +1221,6 @@ fail_put_dir_locked:
 	drop_sysctl_table(&dir->header);
 	spin_unlock(&sysctl_lock);
 fail:
-	kfree(links);
 	kfree(header);
 	dump_stack();
 	return NULL;
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