From: Colin Ian King <colin.i.king@xxxxxxxxx> Subject: ocfs2: remove redundant assignment to pointer root_bh Pointer root_bh is being initialized with a value that is not read, it is being re-assigned later on closer to its use. The early initialization is redundant and can be removed. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20211228013719.620923-1-colin.i.king@xxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.i.king@xxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Joseph Qi <joseph.qi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Mark Fasheh <mark@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Joel Becker <jlbec@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Junxiao Bi <junxiao.bi@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Changwei Ge <gechangwei@xxxxxxx> Cc: Gang He <ghe@xxxxxxxx> Cc: Jun Piao <piaojun@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/ocfs2/alloc.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/fs/ocfs2/alloc.c~ocfs2-remove-redundant-assignment-to-pointer-root_bh +++ a/fs/ocfs2/alloc.c @@ -2040,7 +2040,7 @@ static void ocfs2_complete_edge_insert(h int i, idx; struct ocfs2_extent_list *el, *left_el, *right_el; struct ocfs2_extent_rec *left_rec, *right_rec; - struct buffer_head *root_bh = left_path->p_node[subtree_index].bh; + struct buffer_head *root_bh; /* * Update the counts and position values within all the _