linux-kernel - [for-linus][PATCH 15/15] tracing: Remove a pointless assignment

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Date:   Tue, 06 Oct 2020 10:35:01 -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>,
        Sudip Mukherjee <sudipm.mukherjee@...il.com>
Subject: [for-linus][PATCH 15/15] tracing: Remove a pointless assignment

From: Sudip Mukherjee <sudipm.mukherjee@...il.com>

The variable 'len' has been assigned a value but is not used after that.
So, remove the assignement.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200930184303.22896-1-sudipm.mukherjee@gmail.com

Signed-off-by: Sudip Mukherjee <sudipm.mukherjee@...il.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 73fd0e0c0f39..0806fa9f2815 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -6667,7 +6667,6 @@ tracing_mark_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *ubuf,
 		written = -EFAULT;
 	} else
 		written = cnt;
-	len = cnt;
 
 	if (tr->trace_marker_file && !list_empty(&tr->trace_marker_file->triggers)) {
 		/* do not add \n before testing triggers, but add \0 */
-- 
2.28.0