From: YueHaibing <yuehaibing@xxxxxxxxxx> commit 11dd34f3eae5a468013bb161a1dcf1fecd2ca321 upstream. There is no need to have the 'struct dentry *vpa_dir' variable static since new value always be assigned before use it. Fixes: c6c26fb55e8e ("powerpc/pseries: Export raw per-CPU VPA data via debugfs") Signed-off-by: YueHaibing <yuehaibing@xxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Daniel Axtens <dja@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20190218125644.87448-1-yuehaibing@xxxxxxxxxx Cc: Guenter Roeck <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/lpar.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/lpar.c +++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/lpar.c @@ -1060,7 +1060,7 @@ static int __init vpa_debugfs_init(void) { char name[16]; long i; - static struct dentry *vpa_dir; + struct dentry *vpa_dir; if (!firmware_has_feature(FW_FEATURE_SPLPAR)) return 0;