The pointer file is being initialized with a value that is never read, it is being re-assigned later on. Clean up code by removing the redundant initialization. Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.i.king@xxxxxxxxx> --- mm/secretmem.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/mm/secretmem.c b/mm/secretmem.c index 04c3ac9448a1..be3fff86ba00 100644 --- a/mm/secretmem.c +++ b/mm/secretmem.c @@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ static struct vfsmount *secretmem_mnt; static struct file *secretmem_file_create(unsigned long flags) { - struct file *file = ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM); + struct file *file; struct inode *inode; const char *anon_name = "[secretmem]"; const struct qstr qname = QSTR_INIT(anon_name, strlen(anon_name)); -- 2.30.2