linux-kernel - [PATCH] sysfs: Redundant assignment of dup_name in sysfs

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Date:	Fri, 27 Apr 2012 20:01:02 +0530
From:	Sasikantha babu <sasikanth.v19@...il.com>
To:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Sasikantha babu <sasikanth.v19@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH] sysfs: Redundant assignment of dup_name in sysfs_rename

It is redundant to assign "kstrdup" of "new_value" to "dup_name",
Since we are overwriting "dup_name" with "sd->s_name"

Signed-off-by: Sasikantha babu <sasikanth.v19@...il.com>
---
 fs/sysfs/dir.c |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/sysfs/dir.c b/fs/sysfs/dir.c
index 35a36d3..4abd424 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/dir.c
@@ -875,7 +875,7 @@ int sysfs_rename(struct sysfs_dirent *sd,
 	/* rename sysfs_dirent */
 	if (strcmp(sd->s_name, new_name) != 0) {
 		error = -ENOMEM;
-		new_name = dup_name = kstrdup(new_name, GFP_KERNEL);
+		new_name = kstrdup(new_name, GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!new_name)
 			goto out;
 
-- 
1.7.3.4

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