linux-kernel - [PATCH v3 1/4] crypto: hisilicon/qm - delete redundant null assignment operations

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Message-ID: <20221112021253.34862-2-yekai13@huawei.com>
Date:   Sat, 12 Nov 2022 02:12:50 +0000
From:   Kai Ye <yekai13@...wei.com>
To:     <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
CC:     <linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        <yekai13@...wei.com>
Subject: [PATCH v3 1/4] crypto: hisilicon/qm - delete redundant null assignment operations

There is no security data in the pointer. It is only a value transferred
as a structure. It makes no sense to zero a variable that is on the stack.
So not need to set the pointer to null.

Signed-off-by: Kai Ye <yekai13@...wei.com>
---
 drivers/crypto/hisilicon/qm.c | 1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/crypto/hisilicon/qm.c b/drivers/crypto/hisilicon/qm.c
index 363a02810a16..849dc80a7118 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/hisilicon/qm.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/hisilicon/qm.c
@@ -1773,7 +1773,6 @@ static void dfx_regs_uninit(struct hisi_qm *qm,
 		dregs[i].regs = NULL;
 	}
 	kfree(dregs);
-	dregs = NULL;
 }
 
 /**
-- 
2.17.1