linux-kernel - [PATCH] proc: delete unnecessary variable in proc_alloc

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Date:   Mon, 3 Dec 2018 19:40:15 +0300
From:   Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>
To:     akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] proc: delete unnecessary variable in proc_alloc_inode()

Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>
---

 fs/proc/inode.c |    4 +---
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

--- a/fs/proc/inode.c
+++ b/fs/proc/inode.c
@@ -59,7 +59,6 @@ static struct kmem_cache *pde_opener_cache __ro_after_init;
 static struct inode *proc_alloc_inode(struct super_block *sb)
 {
 	struct proc_inode *ei;
-	struct inode *inode;
 
 	ei = kmem_cache_alloc(proc_inode_cachep, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!ei)
@@ -71,8 +70,7 @@ static struct inode *proc_alloc_inode(struct super_block *sb)
 	ei->sysctl = NULL;
 	ei->sysctl_entry = NULL;
 	ei->ns_ops = NULL;
-	inode = &ei->vfs_inode;
-	return inode;
+	return &ei->vfs_inode;
 }
 
 static void proc_i_callback(struct rcu_head *head)