fill_buf stores buffer pointer into global variable startptr that is
only used in fill_cache().
Remove startptr as global variable, the local variable in fill_cache()
is enough to keep the pointer.
Signed-off-by: Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Reinette Chatre <reinette.chatre@xxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/fill_buf.c | 5 +----
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/fill_buf.c b/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/fill_buf.c
index d8f5505eb9e6..a5ec9c82a960 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/fill_buf.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/fill_buf.c
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@
#define PAGE_SIZE (4 * 1024)
#define MB (1024 * 1024)
-static unsigned char *startptr;
-
static void sb(void)
{
#if defined(__i386) || defined(__x86_64)
@@ -147,7 +145,6 @@ static int fill_cache(size_t buf_size, int memflush, int op, char *resctrl_val)
if (!start_ptr)
return -1;
- startptr = start_ptr;
end_ptr = start_ptr + buf_size;
/* Flush the memory before using to avoid "cache hot pages" effect */
@@ -159,7 +156,7 @@ static int fill_cache(size_t buf_size, int memflush, int op, char *resctrl_val)
else
ret = fill_cache_write(start_ptr, end_ptr, resctrl_val);
- free(startptr);
+ free(start_ptr);
if (ret) {
printf("\n Error in fill cache read/write...\n");
--
2.30.2
