The patch titled Subject: mm: backing-dev: Remove the unneeded result variable has been added to the -mm mm-unstable branch. Its filename is mm-backing-dev-remove-the-unneeded-result-variable.patch This patch will shortly appear at https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/25-new.git/tree/patches/mm-backing-dev-remove-the-unneeded-result-variable.patch This patch will later appear in the mm-unstable branch at git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm 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 via the mm-everything branch at git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm and is updated there every 2-3 working days ------------------------------------------------------ From: ye xingchen <ye.xingchen@xxxxxxxxxx> Subject: mm: backing-dev: Remove the unneeded result variable Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2022 07:19:06 +0000 Return the value cgwb_bdi_init() directly instead of storing it in another redundant variable. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20220826071906.252419-1-ye.xingchen@xxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: ye xingchen <ye.xingchen@xxxxxxxxxx> Reported-by: Zeal Robot <zealci@xxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/backing-dev.c | 6 +----- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 5 deletions(-) --- a/mm/backing-dev.c~mm-backing-dev-remove-the-unneeded-result-variable +++ a/mm/backing-dev.c @@ -776,8 +776,6 @@ static void cgwb_remove_from_bdi_list(st int bdi_init(struct backing_dev_info *bdi) { - int ret; - bdi->dev = NULL; kref_init(&bdi->refcnt); @@ -788,9 +786,7 @@ int bdi_init(struct backing_dev_info *bd INIT_LIST_HEAD(&bdi->wb_list); init_waitqueue_head(&bdi->wb_waitq); - ret = cgwb_bdi_init(bdi); - - return ret; + return cgwb_bdi_init(bdi); } struct backing_dev_info *bdi_alloc(int node_id) _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from ye.xingchen@xxxxxxxxxx are mm-backing-dev-remove-the-unneeded-result-variable.patch