[PATCH net-next] net/mlx5: remove many unnecessary NULL values

Subsystems: mellanox ethernet innova drivers, mellanox mlx5 core vpi driver, networking drivers, the rest

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4 messages, 3 authors, 2023-08-04 · open the first message on its own page

[PATCH net-next] net/mlx5: remove many unnecessary NULL values

From: Ruan Jinjie <hidden>
Date: 2023-08-01 12:39:33

Ther are many pointers assigned first, which need not to be initialized, so
remove the NULL assignment.

Signed-off-by: Ruan Jinjie <redacted>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/fpga/core.c   | 4 ++--
 drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/lib/hv_vhca.c | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/fpga/core.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/fpga/core.c
index 39c03dcbd196..e5c1012921d2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/fpga/core.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/fpga/core.c
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ static const char * const mlx5_fpga_qp_error_strings[] = {
 };
 static struct mlx5_fpga_device *mlx5_fpga_device_alloc(void)
 {
-	struct mlx5_fpga_device *fdev = NULL;
+	struct mlx5_fpga_device *fdev;
 
 	fdev = kzalloc(sizeof(*fdev), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!fdev)
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ int mlx5_fpga_device_start(struct mlx5_core_dev *mdev)
 
 int mlx5_fpga_init(struct mlx5_core_dev *mdev)
 {
-	struct mlx5_fpga_device *fdev = NULL;
+	struct mlx5_fpga_device *fdev;
 
 	if (!MLX5_CAP_GEN(mdev, fpga)) {
 		mlx5_core_dbg(mdev, "FPGA capability not present\n");
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/lib/hv_vhca.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/lib/hv_vhca.c
index 4047629a876b..30564d9b00e9 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/lib/hv_vhca.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/lib/hv_vhca.c
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ struct mlx5_hv_vhca_agent {
 
 struct mlx5_hv_vhca *mlx5_hv_vhca_create(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev)
 {
-	struct mlx5_hv_vhca *hv_vhca = NULL;
+	struct mlx5_hv_vhca *hv_vhca;
 
 	hv_vhca = kzalloc(sizeof(*hv_vhca), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!hv_vhca)
-- 
2.34.1

Re: [PATCH net-next] net/mlx5: remove many unnecessary NULL values

From: Jesse Brandeburg <hidden>
Date: 2023-08-03 01:28:59

On 8/1/2023 5:38 AM, Ruan Jinjie wrote:
Ther are many pointers assigned first, which need not to be initialized, so
remove the NULL assignment.

Signed-off-by: Ruan Jinjie <redacted>
I went deep on this one and double checked all the changes, they're fine.

Reviewed-by: Jesse Brandeburg <redacted>

Re: [PATCH net-next] net/mlx5: remove many unnecessary NULL values

From: Leon Romanovsky <leon@kernel.org>
Date: 2023-08-03 18:17:34

On Tue, Aug 01, 2023 at 08:38:54PM +0800, Ruan Jinjie wrote:
Ther are many pointers assigned first, which need not to be initialized, so
Ther -> There
remove the NULL assignment.
assignment -> assignments.
Signed-off-by: Ruan Jinjie <redacted>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/fpga/core.c   | 4 ++--
 drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/lib/hv_vhca.c | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
Thanks,
Reviewed-by: Leon Romanovsky <leonro@nvidia.com>

Re: [PATCH net-next] net/mlx5: remove many unnecessary NULL values

From: Ruan Jinjie <hidden>
Date: 2023-08-04 01:25:45


On 2023/8/4 2:17, Leon Romanovsky wrote:
On Tue, Aug 01, 2023 at 08:38:54PM +0800, Ruan Jinjie wrote:
quoted
Ther are many pointers assigned first, which need not to be initialized, so
Ther -> There
quoted
remove the NULL assignment.
assignment -> assignments.
Thank you! I'll fix the issues sooner.
quoted
Signed-off-by: Ruan Jinjie <redacted>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/fpga/core.c   | 4 ++--
 drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/lib/hv_vhca.c | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
Thanks,
Reviewed-by: Leon Romanovsky <leonro@nvidia.com>
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