The following commit has been merged into the locking/core branch of tip: Commit-ID: 01a99a750a4f414c221781de2e5570e0ceae04b5 Gitweb: https://git.kernel.org/tip/01a99a750a4f414c221781de2e5570e0ceae04b5 Author: Li zeming <zeming@xxxxxxxxxxxx> AuthorDate: Wed, 26 Jul 2023 03:50:47 +08:00 Committer: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx> CommitterDate: Wed, 04 Oct 2023 18:04:47 +02:00 futex/requeue: Remove unnecessary ‘NULL’ initialization from futex_proxy_trylock_atomic() 'top_waiter' is assigned unconditionally before first use, so it does not need an initialization. [ mingo: Created legible changelog. ] Signed-off-by: Li zeming <zeming@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230725195047.3106-1-zeming@xxxxxxxxxxxx --- kernel/futex/requeue.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/kernel/futex/requeue.c b/kernel/futex/requeue.c index a0a7995..16a3645 100644 --- a/kernel/futex/requeue.c +++ b/kernel/futex/requeue.c @@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ futex_proxy_trylock_atomic(u32 __user *pifutex, struct futex_hash_bucket *hb1, union futex_key *key2, struct futex_pi_state **ps, struct task_struct **exiting, int set_waiters) { - struct futex_q *top_waiter = NULL; + struct futex_q *top_waiter; u32 curval; int ret;