linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/2] gpio: aggregator: Drop pre-initialization in get

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Message-Id: <20200623145748.28877-2-geert+renesas@glider.be>
Date:   Tue, 23 Jun 2020 16:57:47 +0200
From:   Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>
To:     Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
        Bartosz Golaszewski <bgolaszewski@...libre.com>,
        Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
Cc:     linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] gpio: aggregator: Drop pre-initialization in get_arg()

In get_arg(), the variable start is pre-initialized, but overwritten
again in the first statement.  Rework the assignment to not rely on
pre-initialization, to make the code easier to read.

Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>
---
 drivers/gpio/gpio-aggregator.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpio-aggregator.c b/drivers/gpio/gpio-aggregator.c
index 9b0adbdddbfccb30..62a3fcbd4b4bb106 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/gpio-aggregator.c
+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpio-aggregator.c
@@ -38,9 +38,9 @@ static DEFINE_IDR(gpio_aggregator_idr);
 
 static char *get_arg(char **args)
 {
-	char *start = *args, *end;
+	char *start, *end;
 
-	start = skip_spaces(start);
+	start = skip_spaces(*args);
 	if (!*start)
 		return NULL;
 
-- 
2.17.1