The patch titled Subject: kernel: relay: remove unnecessary NULL values from relay_open_buf has been added to the -mm mm-nonmm-unstable branch. Its filename is =utf-8qkernel-=20relay-=20remove=20unnecessary=20=-=utf-8q=e2=80=98null=e2=80=99=20values=20from=20relay=5fopen=5fbuf=.patch This patch will shortly appear at https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/25-new.git/tree/patches/=utf-8qkernel-=20relay-=20remove=20unnecessary=20=-=utf-8q=e2=80=98null=e2=80=99=20values=20from=20relay=5fopen=5fbuf=.patch This patch will later appear in the mm-nonmm-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: Li kunyu <kunyu@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: kernel: relay: remove unnecessary NULL values from relay_open_buf Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2023 07:44:59 +0800 buf is assigned first, so it does not need to initialize the assignment. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20230713234459.2908-1-kunyu@xxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Li kunyu <kunyu@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- kernel/relay.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/kernel/relay.c~=utf-8qkernel-=20relay-=20remove=20unnecessary=20=-=utf-8q=e2=80=98null=e2=80=99=20values=20from=20relay=5fopen=5fbuf= +++ a/kernel/relay.c @@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ static struct dentry *relay_create_buf_f */ static struct rchan_buf *relay_open_buf(struct rchan *chan, unsigned int cpu) { - struct rchan_buf *buf = NULL; + struct rchan_buf *buf; struct dentry *dentry; if (chan->is_global) _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from kunyu@xxxxxxxxxxxx are =utf-8qkernel-=20relay-=20remove=20unnecessary=20=-=utf-8q=e2=80=98null=e2=80=99=20values=20from=20relay=5fopen=5fbuf=.patch