The patch titled Subject: kernel/relay.c: drop unneeded initialization has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is kernel-relayc-drop-unneeded-initialization.patch This patch should soon appear at https://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/kernel-relayc-drop-unneeded-initialization.patch and later at https://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/kernel-relayc-drop-unneeded-initialization.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/process/submit-checklist.rst when testing your code *** The -mm tree is included into linux-next and is updated there every 3-4 working days ------------------------------------------------------ From: Sudip Mukherjee <sudipm.mukherjee@xxxxxxxxx> Subject: kernel/relay.c: drop unneeded initialization The variable 'consumed' is initialized with the consumed count but immediately after that the consumed count is updated and assigned to 'consumed' again thus overwriting the previous value. So, drop the unneeded initialization. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20201005205727.1147-1-sudipm.mukherjee@xxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Sudip Mukherjee <sudipm.mukherjee@xxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- kernel/relay.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/kernel/relay.c~kernel-relayc-drop-unneeded-initialization +++ a/kernel/relay.c @@ -1002,7 +1002,7 @@ static int relay_file_read_avail(struct size_t subbuf_size = buf->chan->subbuf_size; size_t n_subbufs = buf->chan->n_subbufs; size_t produced = buf->subbufs_produced; - size_t consumed = buf->subbufs_consumed; + size_t consumed; relay_file_read_consume(buf, 0, 0); _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from sudipm.mukherjee@xxxxxxxxx are kernel-relayc-drop-unneeded-initialization.patch