linux-kernel - [PATCH 2/2] sparc: Delete an unnecessary initialisation in led_proc

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Date:   Thu, 25 Aug 2016 10:24:00 +0200
From:   SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
To:     sparclinux@...r.kernel.org, "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
        Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...6.fr>,
        Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] sparc: Delete an unnecessary initialisation in
 led_proc_write()

From: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2016 09:55:22 +0200

The local variable "buf" will be set to an appropriate value a bit later.
Thus omit the explicit initialisation at the beginning.

Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
---
 arch/sparc/kernel/led.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/led.c b/arch/sparc/kernel/led.c
index 7444e4a..d6671af 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/led.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/led.c
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ static int led_proc_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 static ssize_t led_proc_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buffer,
 			      size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
 {
-	char *buf = NULL;
+	char *buf;
 
 	if (count > LED_MAX_LENGTH)
 		count = LED_MAX_LENGTH;
-- 
2.9.3