linux-kernel - [PATCH][next] rv: remove redundant initialization of pointer ptr

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Date:   Mon, 16 Jan 2023 16:16:12 +0000
From:   Colin Ian King <colin.i.king@...il.com>
To:     Daniel Bristot de Oliveira <bristot@...nel.org>,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>,
        linux-trace-devel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-trace-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH][next] rv: remove redundant initialization of pointer ptr

The pointer ptr is being initialized with a value that is never read,
it is being updated later on a call to strim. Remove the extraneous
initialization.

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

diff --git a/kernel/trace/rv/rv.c b/kernel/trace/rv/rv.c
index 6c97cc2d754a..7e9061828c24 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/rv/rv.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/rv/rv.c
@@ -516,7 +516,7 @@ static ssize_t enabled_monitors_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *user
 	struct rv_monitor_def *mdef;
 	int retval = -EINVAL;
 	bool enable = true;
-	char *ptr = buff;
+	char *ptr;
 	int len;
 
 	if (count < 1 || count > MAX_RV_MONITOR_NAME_SIZE + 1)
-- 
2.30.2