linux-kernel - [for-next][PATCH 12/26] tracing: remove a pointless assignment

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Date:   Mon, 21 Sep 2020 21:24:26 -0400
From:   Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
Subject: [for-next][PATCH 12/26] tracing: remove a pointless assignment

From: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>

The "tr" is a stack variable so setting it to NULL before a return is
a no-op.  Delete the assignment.

Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@...dmis.org>
---
 kernel/trace/trace.c | 1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
index 1c4ca25944ba..55b829863127 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -8799,7 +8799,6 @@ static int __remove_instance(struct trace_array *tr)
 	free_cpumask_var(tr->tracing_cpumask);
 	kfree(tr->name);
 	kfree(tr);
-	tr = NULL;
 
 	return 0;
 }
-- 
2.28.0