linux-kernel - KVM: Drop unnecessary initialization of "ops" in kvm_ioctl_create_device() initialized and assigned, it is used after assignment be initialized and assigned, it is first allocated a memory address

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Message-Id: <20220819020648.483585-1-kunyu@nfschina.com>
Date:   Fri, 19 Aug 2022 10:06:48 +0800
From:   Li kunyu <kunyu@...china.com>
To:     seanjc@...gle.com, pbonzini@...hat.com
Cc:     kvm@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Li kunyu <kunyu@...china.com>
Subject: KVM: Drop unnecessary initialization of "ops" in kvm_ioctl_create_device() initialized and assigned, it is used after assignment be initialized and assigned, it is first allocated a memory address

Used to reduce a movq instruction.

Reviewed-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
Signed-off-by: Li kunyu <kunyu@...china.com>
---
 virt/kvm/kvm_main.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
index 80f7934c1f59..82f2b90718a9 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
@@ -4378,7 +4378,7 @@ void kvm_unregister_device_ops(u32 type)
 static int kvm_ioctl_create_device(struct kvm *kvm,
 				   struct kvm_create_device *cd)
 {
-	const struct kvm_device_ops *ops = NULL;
+	const struct kvm_device_ops *ops;
 	struct kvm_device *dev;
 	bool test = cd->flags & KVM_CREATE_DEVICE_TEST;
 	int type;
-- 
2.18.2