From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2016 09:55:22 +0200 The local variable "buf" will be set to an appropriate value a bit later. Thus omit the explicit initialisation at the beginning. Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- arch/sparc/kernel/led.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/led.c b/arch/sparc/kernel/led.c index 7444e4a..d6671af 100644 --- a/arch/sparc/kernel/led.c +++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/led.c @@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ static int led_proc_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file) static ssize_t led_proc_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buffer, size_t count, loff_t *ppos) { - char *buf = NULL; + char *buf; if (count > LED_MAX_LENGTH) count = LED_MAX_LENGTH; -- 2.9.3 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kernel-janitors" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html