On Sat, Sep 26, 2015 at 12:05:19PM +0000, Alexandru Moise wrote: > fs_path_alloc() either returns an alloc'ed struct fs_path > or NULL, no need to initialize the pointer to NULL. > > Signed-off-by: Alexandru Moise <00moses.alexande...@gmail.com> > --- > fs/btrfs/send.c | 2 +- > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/fs/btrfs/send.c b/fs/btrfs/send.c > index aa72bfd..0019c90 100644 > --- a/fs/btrfs/send.c > +++ b/fs/btrfs/send.c > @@ -2230,7 +2230,7 @@ static int get_cur_path(struct send_ctx *sctx, u64 ino, > u64 gen, > struct fs_path *dest) > { > int ret = 0; > - struct fs_path *name = NULL; > + struct fs_path *name;
I'd rather see all such instances fixed in one patch. Quick grep revealed a few more. OTOH this kind of extra initialization is harmless and sometimes help readability, it's clear that he value is zeroed. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/