From: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@xxxxxxxxxx> Subject: lib/cmdline: remove an unneeded local variable in next_arg() The local variable 'next' is unneeded because you can simply advance the existing pointer 'args'. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210201014707.3828753-1-masahiroy@xxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- lib/cmdline.c | 7 +++---- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) --- a/lib/cmdline.c~lib-cmdline-remove-an-unneeded-local-variable-in-next_arg +++ a/lib/cmdline.c @@ -228,7 +228,6 @@ char *next_arg(char *args, char **param, { unsigned int i, equals = 0; int in_quote = 0, quoted = 0; - char *next; if (*args == '"') { args++; @@ -266,10 +265,10 @@ char *next_arg(char *args, char **param, if (args[i]) { args[i] = '\0'; - next = args + i + 1; + args += i + 1; } else - next = args + i; + args += i; /* Chew up trailing spaces. */ - return skip_spaces(next); + return skip_spaces(args); } _