linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] fs/ntfs3/indx: Remove unnecessary 'NULL' values from Pointer

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Date:   Wed, 6 Jul 2022 19:10:10 +0300
From:   Konstantin Komarov <almaz.alexandrovich@...agon-software.com>
To:     Li kunyu <kunyu@...china.com>
CC:     <ntfs3@...ts.linux.dev>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fs/ntfs3/indx: Remove unnecessary 'NULL' values from
 Pointer

On 7/4/22 13:31, Li kunyu wrote:
> Pointer variables allocate memory first, and then judge. There is no
> need to initialize the assignment.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Li kunyu <kunyu@...china.com>
> ---
>   fs/ntfs3/index.c | 4 ++--
>   1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/ntfs3/index.c b/fs/ntfs3/index.c
> index 6f81e3a49abf..b5c92b6ce01c 100644
> --- a/fs/ntfs3/index.c
> +++ b/fs/ntfs3/index.c
> @@ -1685,8 +1685,8 @@ indx_insert_into_buffer(struct ntfs_index *indx, struct ntfs_inode *ni,
>   {
>   	int err;
>   	const struct NTFS_DE *sp;
> -	struct NTFS_DE *e, *de_t, *up_e = NULL;
> -	struct indx_node *n2 = NULL;
> +	struct NTFS_DE *e, *de_t, *up_e;
> +	struct indx_node *n2;
>   	struct indx_node *n1 = fnd->nodes[level];
>   	struct INDEX_HDR *hdr1 = &n1->index->ihdr;
>   	struct INDEX_HDR *hdr2;

Thanks for patch, applied!