linux-kernel - [PATCH 12/28] mm, page_alloc: Remove unnecessary initialisation from __alloc_pages

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:	Sat, 16 Apr 2016 08:21:52 +0100
From:	Mel Gorman <mgorman@...hsingularity.net>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>,
	Jesper Dangaard Brouer <brouer@...hat.com>,
	Linux-MM <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 12/28] mm, page_alloc: Remove unnecessary initialisation from
 __alloc_pages_nodemask()

page is guaranteed to be set before it is read with or without the
initialisation.

Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <mgorman@...hsingularity.net>
---
 mm/page_alloc.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index f5ddb342c967..df03ccc7f07c 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -3348,7 +3348,7 @@ __alloc_pages_nodemask(gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order,
 			struct zonelist *zonelist, nodemask_t *nodemask)
 {
 	struct zoneref *preferred_zoneref;
-	struct page *page = NULL;
+	struct page *page;
 	unsigned int cpuset_mems_cookie;
 	unsigned int alloc_flags = ALLOC_WMARK_LOW|ALLOC_FAIR;
 	gfp_t alloc_mask; /* The gfp_t that was actually used for allocation */
-- 
2.6.4