From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2017 22:22:13 +0200 The local variable "tx_skb" will only be used in a single if branch of these functions. Thus omit the explicit initialisation at the beginning. Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/staging/irda/net/irlap_frame.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/staging/irda/net/irlap_frame.c b/drivers/staging/irda/net/irlap_frame.c index 5b8be5b9812e..25ceb06efd58 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/irda/net/irlap_frame.c +++ b/drivers/staging/irda/net/irlap_frame.c @@ -862,7 +862,7 @@ void irlap_send_data_primary_poll(struct irlap_cb *self, struct sk_buff *skb) void irlap_send_data_secondary_final(struct irlap_cb *self, struct sk_buff *skb) { - struct sk_buff *tx_skb = NULL; + struct sk_buff *tx_skb; IRDA_ASSERT(self, return;); IRDA_ASSERT(self->magic == LAP_MAGIC, return;); @@ -922,7 +922,7 @@ void irlap_send_data_secondary_final(struct irlap_cb *self, */ void irlap_send_data_secondary(struct irlap_cb *self, struct sk_buff *skb) { - struct sk_buff *tx_skb = NULL; + struct sk_buff *tx_skb; /* Is this reliable or unreliable data? */ if (skb->data[1] == I_FRAME) { -- 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