linux-kernel - [PATCH] arm64: perf: Remove redundant initialization in perf

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Message-ID: <1617275801-1980-1-git-send-email-liuqi115@huawei.com>
Date:   Thu, 1 Apr 2021 19:16:41 +0800
From:   Qi Liu <liuqi115@...wei.com>
To:     <will@...nel.org>, <mark.rutland@....com>
CC:     <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <linuxarm@...wei.com>
Subject: [PATCH] arm64: perf: Remove redundant initialization in perf_event.c

The initialization of value in function armv8pmu_read_hw_counter()
and armv8pmu_read_counter() seem redundant, as they are soon updated.
So, We can remove them.

Signed-off-by: Qi Liu <liuqi115@...wei.com>
---
 arch/arm64/kernel/perf_event.c | 5 ++---
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/perf_event.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/perf_event.c
index 4658fcf..f594957 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/perf_event.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/perf_event.c
@@ -470,9 +470,8 @@ static inline u64 armv8pmu_read_evcntr(int idx)
 static inline u64 armv8pmu_read_hw_counter(struct perf_event *event)
 {
 	int idx = event->hw.idx;
-	u64 val = 0;
+	u64 val = armv8pmu_read_evcntr(idx);
 
-	val = armv8pmu_read_evcntr(idx);
 	if (armv8pmu_event_is_chained(event))
 		val = (val << 32) | armv8pmu_read_evcntr(idx - 1);
 	return val;
@@ -520,7 +519,7 @@ static u64 armv8pmu_read_counter(struct perf_event *event)
 {
 	struct hw_perf_event *hwc = &event->hw;
 	int idx = hwc->idx;
-	u64 value = 0;
+	u64 value;
 
 	if (idx == ARMV8_IDX_CYCLE_COUNTER)
 		value = read_sysreg(pmccntr_el0);
-- 
2.8.1