[PATCH] resources: Remove unneeded initialization of local variable

[PATCH] resources: Remove unneeded initialization of local variable

[Bojan Prtvar]

Few lines below dr is reinitialized by devres_alloc()
so we don't need to init it by NULL in the beginning of
__devm_request_region()

Signed-off-by: Bojan Prtvar <prtvar.b@gmail.com>
---
 kernel/resource.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/resource.c b/kernel/resource.c
index f150dbb..1e48ede 100644
--- a/kernel/resource.c
+++ b/kernel/resource.c
@@ -1356,7 +1356,7 @@ struct resource * __devm_request_region(struct device *dev,
 				struct resource *parent, resource_size_t start,
 				resource_size_t n, const char *name)
 {
-	struct region_devres *dr = NULL;
+	struct region_devres *dr;
 	struct resource *res;
 
 	dr = devres_alloc(devm_region_release, sizeof(struct region_devres),
-- 
2.4.1

Re: [PATCH] resources: Remove unneeded initialization of local variable

[Laurent Navet]

why not directly ?

struct region_devres *dr = devres_alloc(devm_region_release,
sizeof(struct region_devres),..



2015-12-29 14:24 UTC+01:00, Bojan Prtvar <prtvar.b@gmail.com>:
> Few lines below dr is reinitialized by devres_alloc()
> so we don't need to init it by NULL in the beginning of
> __devm_request_region()
>
> Signed-off-by: Bojan Prtvar <prtvar.b@gmail.com>
> ---
>  kernel/resource.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/resource.c b/kernel/resource.c
> index f150dbb..1e48ede 100644
> --- a/kernel/resource.c
> +++ b/kernel/resource.c
> @@ -1356,7 +1356,7 @@ struct resource * __devm_request_region(struct device
> *dev,
>  				struct resource *parent, resource_size_t start,
>  				resource_size_t n, const char *name)
>  {
> -	struct region_devres *dr = NULL;
> +	struct region_devres *dr;
>  	struct resource *res;
>
>  	dr = devres_alloc(devm_region_release, sizeof(struct region_devres),
> --
> 2.4.1
>
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Re: [PATCH] resources: Remove unneeded initialization of local variable

[bojan prtvar]

On Tue, Dec 29, 2015 at 2:36 PM, Laurent Navet <laurent.navet@gmail.com> wrote:
> why not directly ?
>
> struct region_devres *dr = devres_alloc(devm_region_release,
> sizeof(struct region_devres),..
>

I follow Dan's rationale [1]

[1]
http://www.spinics.net/lists/target-devel/msg11355.html