linux-kernel - [PATCH 05/21] ACPI-video: Delete an unnecessary initialisation in acpi_video_get

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Date:   Mon, 5 Sep 2016 18:51:32 +0200
From:   SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
To:     linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org, Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com>,
        Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>,
        "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>,
        Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@...el.com>
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 05/21] ACPI-video: Delete an unnecessary initialisation in
 acpi_video_get_levels()

From: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
Date: Mon, 5 Sep 2016 14:23:55 +0200

The local variable "br" 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>
---
 drivers/acpi/acpi_video.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpi_video.c b/drivers/acpi/acpi_video.c
index 82987db..0799865 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpi_video.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpi_video.c
@@ -760,7 +760,7 @@ int acpi_video_get_levels(struct acpi_device *device,
 	union acpi_object *obj = NULL;
 	int i, max_level = 0, count = 0, level_ac_battery = 0;
 	union acpi_object *o;
-	struct acpi_video_device_brightness *br = NULL;
+	struct acpi_video_device_brightness *br;
 	int result = 0;
 	u32 value;
 
-- 
2.10.0