The pointer ptr is being initialized with a value that is never read, it is being updated later on a call to strim. Remove the extraneous initialization. Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.i.king@xxxxxxxxx> --- kernel/trace/rv/rv.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/kernel/trace/rv/rv.c b/kernel/trace/rv/rv.c index 6c97cc2d754a..7e9061828c24 100644 --- a/kernel/trace/rv/rv.c +++ b/kernel/trace/rv/rv.c @@ -516,7 +516,7 @@ static ssize_t enabled_monitors_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *user struct rv_monitor_def *mdef; int retval = -EINVAL; bool enable = true; - char *ptr = buff; + char *ptr; int len; if (count < 1 || count > MAX_RV_MONITOR_NAME_SIZE + 1) -- 2.30.2
