The patch titled Subject: fs/befs/linuxvfs.c:befs_get_block(): remove unneeded initialization to NULL has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is fs-befs-linuxvfsc-befs_get_block-remove-unneeded-initialization-to-null.patch This patch should soon appear at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/fs-befs-linuxvfsc-befs_get_block-remove-unneeded-initialization-to-null.patch and later at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/fs-befs-linuxvfsc-befs_get_block-remove-unneeded-initialization-to-null.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** The -mm tree is included into linux-next and is updated there every 3-4 working days ------------------------------------------------------ From: Salah Triki <salah.triki@xxxxxxx> Subject: fs/befs/linuxvfs.c:befs_get_block(): remove unneeded initialization to NULL inode is reinitialized by befs_iget() so no need to init it with NULL in the beginning of befs_lookup() Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/03d7e46890aef94078130bed97c4f8f8ae9ea2b2.1462842886.git.salah.triki@xxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Salah Triki <salah.triki@xxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/befs/linuxvfs.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff -puN fs/befs/linuxvfs.c~fs-befs-linuxvfsc-befs_get_block-remove-unneeded-initialization-to-null fs/befs/linuxvfs.c --- a/fs/befs/linuxvfs.c~fs-befs-linuxvfsc-befs_get_block-remove-unneeded-initialization-to-null +++ a/fs/befs/linuxvfs.c @@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ befs_get_block(struct inode *inode, sect static struct dentry * befs_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, unsigned int flags) { - struct inode *inode = NULL; + struct inode *inode; struct super_block *sb = dir->i_sb; befs_data_stream *ds = &BEFS_I(dir)->i_data.ds; befs_off_t offset; _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from salah.triki@xxxxxxx are fs-befs-datastreamc-befs_read_datastream-remove-unneeded-initialization-to-null.patch fs-befs-datastreamc-befs_read_lsymlink-remove-unneeded-initialization-to-null.patch fs-befs-datastreamc-befs_find_brun_dblindirect-remove-unneeded-initializations-to-null.patch fs-befs-linuxvfsc-befs_get_block-remove-unneeded-initialization-to-null.patch fs-befs-linuxvfsc-befs_iget-remove-unneeded-initialization-to-null.patch fs-befs-linuxvfsc-befs_iget-remove-unneeded-raw_inode-initialization-to-null.patch fs-befs-linuxvfsc-befs_iget-remove-unneeded-befs_nio-initialization-to-null.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html