… > +++ b/fs/exfat/balloc.c … > +int exfat_load_bitmap(struct super_block *sb) > +{ … > + struct exfat_dentry *ep = NULL; … > + while (clu.dir != EOF_CLUSTER) { > + for (i = 0; i < sbi->dentries_per_clu; i++) { > + ep = exfat_get_dentry(sb, &clu, i, &bh, NULL); > + if (!ep) > + return -EIO; … How do you think about to move the definition for the variable “ep” to the beginning of the for loop so that the extra pointer initialisation can be omitted? Regards, Markus