linux-kernel - [PATCH] ocfs2: remove redundant assignment to pointer root

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Date:   Tue, 28 Dec 2021 01:37:19 +0000
From:   Colin Ian King <colin.i.king@...il.com>
To:     Mark Fasheh <mark@...heh.com>, Joel Becker <jlbec@...lplan.org>,
        Joseph Qi <joseph.qi@...ux.alibaba.com>,
        ocfs2-devel@....oracle.com
Cc:     kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] ocfs2: remove redundant assignment to pointer root_bh

Pointer root_bh is being initialized with a value that is not read,
it is being re-assigned later on closer to its use. The early
initialization is redundant and can be removed.

Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.i.king@...il.com>
---
 fs/ocfs2/alloc.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/alloc.c b/fs/ocfs2/alloc.c
index bb247bc349e4..bf9357123bc5 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/alloc.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/alloc.c
@@ -2040,7 +2040,7 @@ static void ocfs2_complete_edge_insert(handle_t *handle,
 	int i, idx;
 	struct ocfs2_extent_list *el, *left_el, *right_el;
 	struct ocfs2_extent_rec *left_rec, *right_rec;
-	struct buffer_head *root_bh = left_path->p_node[subtree_index].bh;
+	struct buffer_head *root_bh;
 
 	/*
 	 * Update the counts and position values within all the
-- 
2.33.1