From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2018 21:56:54 +0100 The local variable "skb" will be reassigned by a following statement. Thus adjust the initialisation at the beginning. Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/infiniband/core/iwpm_util.c | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/iwpm_util.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/iwpm_util.c index 9821ae900f6d..9eb527074c32 100644 --- a/drivers/infiniband/core/iwpm_util.c +++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/iwpm_util.c @@ -436,9 +436,8 @@ int iwpm_compare_sockaddr(struct sockaddr_storage *a_sockaddr, struct sk_buff *iwpm_create_nlmsg(u32 nl_op, struct nlmsghdr **nlh, int nl_client) { - struct sk_buff *skb = NULL; + struct sk_buff *skb = dev_alloc_skb(IWPM_MSG_SIZE); - skb = dev_alloc_skb(IWPM_MSG_SIZE); if (!skb) goto create_nlmsg_exit; -- 2.16.1 -- 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