linux-kernel - [PATCH v2] net: ipv4: remove redundant initialization in inet_rtm

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Date:   Sun,  8 Nov 2020 09:05:41 +0800
From:   Menglong Dong <menglong8.dong@...il.com>
To:     kuba@...nel.org
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, kuznet@....inr.ac.ru, yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Menglong Dong <dong.menglong@....com.cn>
Subject: [PATCH v2] net: ipv4: remove redundant initialization in inet_rtm_deladdr

The initialization for 'err' with '-EINVAL' is redundant and
can be removed, as it is updated soon.

Changes since v1:
- Remove redundant empty line

Signed-off-by: Menglong Dong <dong.menglong@....com.cn>
---
 net/ipv4/devinet.c | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/ipv4/devinet.c b/net/ipv4/devinet.c
index 123a6d39438f..43e04382c593 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/devinet.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/devinet.c
@@ -650,8 +650,7 @@ static int inet_rtm_deladdr(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
 	struct in_device *in_dev;
 	struct ifaddrmsg *ifm;
 	struct in_ifaddr *ifa;
-
-	int err = -EINVAL;
+	int err;
 
 	ASSERT_RTNL();
 
-- 
2.29.2