Pointer root_bh is being initialized with a value that is not read, it is being re-assigned later on closer to its use. The early initialization is redundant and can be removed. Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.i.king@xxxxxxxxx> --- fs/ocfs2/alloc.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/alloc.c b/fs/ocfs2/alloc.c index bb247bc349e4..bf9357123bc5 100644 --- a/fs/ocfs2/alloc.c +++ b/fs/ocfs2/alloc.c @@ -2040,7 +2040,7 @@ static void ocfs2_complete_edge_insert(handle_t *handle, int i, idx; struct ocfs2_extent_list *el, *left_el, *right_el; struct ocfs2_extent_rec *left_rec, *right_rec; - struct buffer_head *root_bh = left_path->p_node[subtree_index].bh; + struct buffer_head *root_bh; /* * Update the counts and position values within all the -- 2.33.1