linux-kernel - [PATCH][next] mm/secretmem: remove redundant initiialization of pointer file

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Date:   Mon, 16 Jan 2023 16:43:32 +0000
From:   Colin Ian King <colin.i.king@...il.com>
To:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, linux-mm@...ck.org
Cc:     kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH][next] mm/secretmem: remove redundant initiialization of pointer file

The pointer file is being initialized with a value that is never read, it
is being re-assigned later on. Clean up code by removing the redundant
initialization.

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

diff --git a/mm/secretmem.c b/mm/secretmem.c
index 04c3ac9448a1..be3fff86ba00 100644
--- a/mm/secretmem.c
+++ b/mm/secretmem.c
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ static struct vfsmount *secretmem_mnt;
 
 static struct file *secretmem_file_create(unsigned long flags)
 {
-	struct file *file = ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+	struct file *file;
 	struct inode *inode;
 	const char *anon_name = "[secretmem]";
 	const struct qstr qname = QSTR_INIT(anon_name, strlen(anon_name));
-- 
2.30.2