linux-kernel - [PATCH] cifs: remove redundant assignment to pointer p

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Date:   Tue,  7 Dec 2021 22:53:40 +0000
From:   Colin Ian King <colin.i.king@...il.com>
To:     Steve French <sfrench@...ba.org>, linux-cifs@...r.kernel.org,
        samba-technical@...ts.samba.org
Cc:     kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] cifs: remove redundant assignment to pointer p

The pointer p is assigned a value that is never read, it is being
re-assigned later. The assignment is redundant and can be removed.

Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.i.king@...il.com>
---
 fs/cifs/cifsfs.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
index d3f3acf340f1..61091eed8c65 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
@@ -775,7 +775,7 @@ cifs_get_root(struct smb3_fs_context *ctx, struct super_block *sb)
 
 	sep = CIFS_DIR_SEP(cifs_sb);
 	dentry = dget(sb->s_root);
-	p = s = full_path;
+	s = full_path;
 
 	do {
 		struct inode *dir = d_inode(dentry);
-- 
2.33.1