From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2017 22:18:34 +0200 The local variable "discovery" will only be used in a single if branch of this function. Thus omit the explicit initialisation at the beginning. Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/staging/irda/net/irlap_frame.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/staging/irda/net/irlap_frame.c b/drivers/staging/irda/net/irlap_frame.c index 94972db87951..33259ed5f3cd 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/irda/net/irlap_frame.c +++ b/drivers/staging/irda/net/irlap_frame.c @@ -481,7 +481,7 @@ static void irlap_recv_discovery_xid_cmd(struct irlap_cb *self, struct irlap_info *info) { struct xid_frame *xid; - discovery_t *discovery = NULL; + discovery_t *discovery; __u8 *discovery_info; char *text; -- 2.14.2 -- 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