linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 17/46] selinux: Delete an unnecessary variable assignment in filename_trans

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Date:   Thu, 23 Mar 2017 18:09:32 -0400
From:   Paul Moore <paul@...l-moore.com>
To:     SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
Cc:     linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org, selinux@...ho.nsa.gov,
        Eric Paris <eparis@...isplace.org>,
        James Morris <james.l.morris@...cle.com>,
        "Serge E. Hallyn" <serge@...lyn.com>,
        Stephen Smalley <sds@...ho.nsa.gov>,
        William Roberts <william.c.roberts@...el.com>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 17/46] selinux: Delete an unnecessary variable assignment
 in filename_trans_read()

On Sun, Jan 15, 2017 at 10:17 AM, SF Markus Elfring
<elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net> wrote:
> From: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
> Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2017 19:02:42 +0100
>
> The local variable "ft" was set to a null pointer despite of an
> immediate reassignment.
> Thus remove this statement from the beginning of a loop.
>
> Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
> ---
>  security/selinux/ss/policydb.c | 1 -
>  1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

Merged, thanks.

> diff --git a/security/selinux/ss/policydb.c b/security/selinux/ss/policydb.c
> index 106a1da1d68a..2be5b18eb149 100644
> --- a/security/selinux/ss/policydb.c
> +++ b/security/selinux/ss/policydb.c
> @@ -1927,7 +1927,6 @@ static int filename_trans_read(struct policydb *p, void *fp)
>         nel = le32_to_cpu(buf[0]);
>
>         for (i = 0; i < nel; i++) {
> -               ft = NULL;
>                 otype = NULL;
>                 name = NULL;
>                 ft = kzalloc(sizeof(*ft), GFP_KERNEL);
> --
> 2.11.0
>



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www.paul-moore.com