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* [PATCH 0/4] delete useless initialization
@ 2011-08-04 10:29 ` Julia Lawall
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 20+ messages in thread
From: Julia Lawall @ 2011-08-04 10:29 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: linux-kernel; +Cc: kernel-janitors

These patches fix cases where a variable is initialized in some non-trivial
way, and the result is immediately overwritten with the result of some
allocation function.


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* [PATCH 0/4] delete useless initialization
@ 2011-08-04 10:29 ` Julia Lawall
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 20+ messages in thread
From: Julia Lawall @ 2011-08-04 10:29 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: linux-kernel; +Cc: kernel-janitors

These patches fix cases where a variable is initialized in some non-trivial
way, and the result is immediately overwritten with the result of some
allocation function.


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* [PATCH 1/4] fs/ext3/balloc.c: delete useless initialization
  2011-08-04 10:29 ` Julia Lawall
@ 2011-08-04 10:29   ` Julia Lawall
  -1 siblings, 0 replies; 20+ messages in thread
From: Julia Lawall @ 2011-08-04 10:29 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Jan Kara
  Cc: kernel-janitors, Andrew Morton, Andreas Dilger, linux-ext4,
	linux-kernel

From: Julia Lawall <julia@diku.dk>

Delete nontrivial initialization that is immediately overwritten by the
result of an allocation function.

The semantic match that makes this change is as follows:
(http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/)

// <smpl>
@@
type T;
identifier i;
expression e;
@@

(
T i = \(0\|NULL\|ERR_PTR(...)\);
|
-T i = e;
+T i;
)
... when != i
i = \(kzalloc\|kcalloc\|kmalloc\)(...);

// </smpl>

Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <julia@diku.dk>

---
 fs/ext3/balloc.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff -u -p a/fs/ext3/balloc.c b/fs/ext3/balloc.c
--- a/fs/ext3/balloc.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/balloc.c
@@ -427,7 +427,7 @@ static inline int rsv_is_empty(struct ex
 void ext3_init_block_alloc_info(struct inode *inode)
 {
 	struct ext3_inode_info *ei = EXT3_I(inode);
-	struct ext3_block_alloc_info *block_i = ei->i_block_alloc_info;
+	struct ext3_block_alloc_info *block_i;
 	struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;
 
 	block_i = kmalloc(sizeof(*block_i), GFP_NOFS);


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* [PATCH 1/4] fs/ext3/balloc.c: delete useless initialization
@ 2011-08-04 10:29   ` Julia Lawall
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 20+ messages in thread
From: Julia Lawall @ 2011-08-04 10:29 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Jan Kara
  Cc: kernel-janitors, Andrew Morton, Andreas Dilger, linux-ext4,
	linux-kernel

From: Julia Lawall <julia@diku.dk>

Delete nontrivial initialization that is immediately overwritten by the
result of an allocation function.

The semantic match that makes this change is as follows:
(http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/)

// <smpl>
@@
type T;
identifier i;
expression e;
@@

(
T i = \(0\|NULL\|ERR_PTR(...)\);
|
-T i = e;
+T i;
)
... when != i
i = \(kzalloc\|kcalloc\|kmalloc\)(...);

// </smpl>

Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <julia@diku.dk>

---
 fs/ext3/balloc.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff -u -p a/fs/ext3/balloc.c b/fs/ext3/balloc.c
--- a/fs/ext3/balloc.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/balloc.c
@@ -427,7 +427,7 @@ static inline int rsv_is_empty(struct ex
 void ext3_init_block_alloc_info(struct inode *inode)
 {
 	struct ext3_inode_info *ei = EXT3_I(inode);
-	struct ext3_block_alloc_info *block_i = ei->i_block_alloc_info;
+	struct ext3_block_alloc_info *block_i;
 	struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;
 
 	block_i = kmalloc(sizeof(*block_i), GFP_NOFS);


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* [PATCH 2/4] fs/ext2/balloc.c: delete useless initialization
  2011-08-04 10:29 ` Julia Lawall
@ 2011-08-04 10:29   ` Julia Lawall
  -1 siblings, 0 replies; 20+ messages in thread
From: Julia Lawall @ 2011-08-04 10:29 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Jan Kara; +Cc: kernel-janitors, linux-ext4, linux-kernel

From: Julia Lawall <julia@diku.dk>

Delete nontrivial initialization that is immediately overwritten by the
result of an allocation function.

The semantic match that makes this change is as follows:
(http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/)

// <smpl>
@@
type T;
identifier i;
expression e;
@@

(
T i = \(0\|NULL\|ERR_PTR(...)\);
|
-T i = e;
+T i;
)
... when != i
i = \(kzalloc\|kcalloc\|kmalloc\)(...);

// </smpl>

Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <julia@diku.dk>

---
 fs/ext2/balloc.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff -u -p a/fs/ext2/balloc.c b/fs/ext2/balloc.c
--- a/fs/ext2/balloc.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/balloc.c
@@ -421,7 +421,7 @@ static inline int rsv_is_empty(struct ex
 void ext2_init_block_alloc_info(struct inode *inode)
 {
 	struct ext2_inode_info *ei = EXT2_I(inode);
-	struct ext2_block_alloc_info *block_i = ei->i_block_alloc_info;
+	struct ext2_block_alloc_info *block_i;
 	struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;
 
 	block_i = kmalloc(sizeof(*block_i), GFP_NOFS);


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* [PATCH 2/4] fs/ext2/balloc.c: delete useless initialization
@ 2011-08-04 10:29   ` Julia Lawall
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 20+ messages in thread
From: Julia Lawall @ 2011-08-04 10:29 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Jan Kara; +Cc: kernel-janitors, linux-ext4, linux-kernel

From: Julia Lawall <julia@diku.dk>

Delete nontrivial initialization that is immediately overwritten by the
result of an allocation function.

The semantic match that makes this change is as follows:
(http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/)

// <smpl>
@@
type T;
identifier i;
expression e;
@@

(
T i = \(0\|NULL\|ERR_PTR(...)\);
|
-T i = e;
+T i;
)
... when != i
i = \(kzalloc\|kcalloc\|kmalloc\)(...);

// </smpl>

Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <julia@diku.dk>

---
 fs/ext2/balloc.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff -u -p a/fs/ext2/balloc.c b/fs/ext2/balloc.c
--- a/fs/ext2/balloc.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/balloc.c
@@ -421,7 +421,7 @@ static inline int rsv_is_empty(struct ex
 void ext2_init_block_alloc_info(struct inode *inode)
 {
 	struct ext2_inode_info *ei = EXT2_I(inode);
-	struct ext2_block_alloc_info *block_i = ei->i_block_alloc_info;
+	struct ext2_block_alloc_info *block_i;
 	struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;
 
 	block_i = kmalloc(sizeof(*block_i), GFP_NOFS);


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* [PATCH 3/4] drivers/media/video/hexium_gemini.c: delete useless initialization
  2011-08-04 10:29 ` Julia Lawall
@ 2011-08-04 10:29   ` Julia Lawall
  -1 siblings, 0 replies; 20+ messages in thread
From: Julia Lawall @ 2011-08-04 10:29 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Mauro Carvalho Chehab
  Cc: kernel-janitors, Paul Gortmaker, Lucas De Marchi, Jean Delvare,
	Hans Verkuil, linux-media, linux-kernel

From: Julia Lawall <julia@diku.dk>

Delete nontrivial initialization that is immediately overwritten by the
result of an allocation function.

The semantic match that makes this change is as follows:
(http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/)

// <smpl>
@@
type T;
identifier i;
expression e;
@@

(
T i = \(0\|NULL\|ERR_PTR(...)\);
|
-T i = e;
+T i;
)
... when != i
i = \(kzalloc\|kcalloc\|kmalloc\)(...);

// </smpl>

Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <julia@diku.dk>

---
 drivers/media/video/hexium_gemini.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff -u -p a/drivers/media/video/hexium_gemini.c b/drivers/media/video/hexium_gemini.c
--- a/drivers/media/video/hexium_gemini.c
+++ b/drivers/media/video/hexium_gemini.c
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ static struct saa7146_ext_vv vv_data;
 /* this function only gets called when the probing was successful */
 static int hexium_attach(struct saa7146_dev *dev, struct saa7146_pci_extension_data *info)
 {
-	struct hexium *hexium = (struct hexium *) dev->ext_priv;
+	struct hexium *hexium;
 	int ret;
 
 	DEB_EE((".\n"));


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* [PATCH 3/4] drivers/media/video/hexium_gemini.c: delete useless initialization
@ 2011-08-04 10:29   ` Julia Lawall
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 20+ messages in thread
From: Julia Lawall @ 2011-08-04 10:29 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Mauro Carvalho Chehab
  Cc: kernel-janitors, Paul Gortmaker, Lucas De Marchi, Jean Delvare,
	Hans Verkuil, linux-media, linux-kernel

From: Julia Lawall <julia@diku.dk>

Delete nontrivial initialization that is immediately overwritten by the
result of an allocation function.

The semantic match that makes this change is as follows:
(http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/)

// <smpl>
@@
type T;
identifier i;
expression e;
@@

(
T i = \(0\|NULL\|ERR_PTR(...)\);
|
-T i = e;
+T i;
)
... when != i
i = \(kzalloc\|kcalloc\|kmalloc\)(...);

// </smpl>

Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <julia@diku.dk>

---
 drivers/media/video/hexium_gemini.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff -u -p a/drivers/media/video/hexium_gemini.c b/drivers/media/video/hexium_gemini.c
--- a/drivers/media/video/hexium_gemini.c
+++ b/drivers/media/video/hexium_gemini.c
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ static struct saa7146_ext_vv vv_data;
 /* this function only gets called when the probing was successful */
 static int hexium_attach(struct saa7146_dev *dev, struct saa7146_pci_extension_data *info)
 {
-	struct hexium *hexium = (struct hexium *) dev->ext_priv;
+	struct hexium *hexium;
 	int ret;
 
 	DEB_EE((".\n"));


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* [PATCH 4/4] drivers/leds/leds-pca9532.c: delete useless initialization
  2011-08-04 10:29 ` Julia Lawall
@ 2011-08-04 10:29   ` Julia Lawall
  -1 siblings, 0 replies; 20+ messages in thread
From: Julia Lawall @ 2011-08-04 10:29 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Riku Voipio; +Cc: kernel-janitors, Richard Purdie, linux-kernel

From: Julia Lawall <julia@diku.dk>

Delete nontrivial initialization that is immediately overwritten by the
result of an allocation function.

The semantic match that makes this change is as follows:
(http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/)

// <smpl>
@@
type T;
identifier i;
expression e;
@@

(
T i = \(0\|NULL\|ERR_PTR(...)\);
|
-T i = e;
+T i;
)
... when != i
i = \(kzalloc\|kcalloc\|kmalloc\)(...);

// </smpl>

Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <julia@diku.dk>

---
 drivers/leds/leds-pca9532.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff -u -p a/drivers/leds/leds-pca9532.c b/drivers/leds/leds-pca9532.c
--- a/drivers/leds/leds-pca9532.c
+++ b/drivers/leds/leds-pca9532.c
@@ -447,7 +447,7 @@ exit:
 static int pca9532_probe(struct i2c_client *client,
 	const struct i2c_device_id *id)
 {
-	struct pca9532_data *data = i2c_get_clientdata(client);
+	struct pca9532_data *data;
 	struct pca9532_platform_data *pca9532_pdata = client->dev.platform_data;
 	int err;
 


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* [PATCH 4/4] drivers/leds/leds-pca9532.c: delete useless initialization
@ 2011-08-04 10:29   ` Julia Lawall
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 20+ messages in thread
From: Julia Lawall @ 2011-08-04 10:29 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Riku Voipio; +Cc: kernel-janitors, Richard Purdie, linux-kernel

From: Julia Lawall <julia@diku.dk>

Delete nontrivial initialization that is immediately overwritten by the
result of an allocation function.

The semantic match that makes this change is as follows:
(http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/)

// <smpl>
@@
type T;
identifier i;
expression e;
@@

(
T i = \(0\|NULL\|ERR_PTR(...)\);
|
-T i = e;
+T i;
)
... when != i
i = \(kzalloc\|kcalloc\|kmalloc\)(...);

// </smpl>

Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <julia@diku.dk>

---
 drivers/leds/leds-pca9532.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff -u -p a/drivers/leds/leds-pca9532.c b/drivers/leds/leds-pca9532.c
--- a/drivers/leds/leds-pca9532.c
+++ b/drivers/leds/leds-pca9532.c
@@ -447,7 +447,7 @@ exit:
 static int pca9532_probe(struct i2c_client *client,
 	const struct i2c_device_id *id)
 {
-	struct pca9532_data *data = i2c_get_clientdata(client);
+	struct pca9532_data *data;
 	struct pca9532_platform_data *pca9532_pdata = client->dev.platform_data;
 	int err;
 


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* Re: [PATCH 2/4] fs/ext2/balloc.c: delete useless initialization
  2011-08-04 10:29   ` Julia Lawall
@ 2011-08-04 10:39     ` Jan Kara
  -1 siblings, 0 replies; 20+ messages in thread
From: Jan Kara @ 2011-08-04 10:39 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Julia Lawall; +Cc: Jan Kara, kernel-janitors, linux-ext4, linux-kernel

On Thu 04-08-11 12:29:32, Julia Lawall wrote:
> From: Julia Lawall <julia@diku.dk>
> 
> Delete nontrivial initialization that is immediately overwritten by the
> result of an allocation function.
  Thanks. Merged.

								Honza
> 
> The semantic match that makes this change is as follows:
> (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/)
> 
> // <smpl>
> @@
> type T;
> identifier i;
> expression e;
> @@
> 
> (
> T i = \(0\|NULL\|ERR_PTR(...)\);
> |
> -T i = e;
> +T i;
> )
> ... when != i
> i = \(kzalloc\|kcalloc\|kmalloc\)(...);
> 
> // </smpl>
> 
> Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <julia@diku.dk>
> 
> ---
>  fs/ext2/balloc.c |    2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff -u -p a/fs/ext2/balloc.c b/fs/ext2/balloc.c
> --- a/fs/ext2/balloc.c
> +++ b/fs/ext2/balloc.c
> @@ -421,7 +421,7 @@ static inline int rsv_is_empty(struct ex
>  void ext2_init_block_alloc_info(struct inode *inode)
>  {
>  	struct ext2_inode_info *ei = EXT2_I(inode);
> -	struct ext2_block_alloc_info *block_i = ei->i_block_alloc_info;
> +	struct ext2_block_alloc_info *block_i;
>  	struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;
>  
>  	block_i = kmalloc(sizeof(*block_i), GFP_NOFS);
> 
-- 
Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
SUSE Labs, CR

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* Re: [PATCH 2/4] fs/ext2/balloc.c: delete useless initialization
@ 2011-08-04 10:39     ` Jan Kara
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 20+ messages in thread
From: Jan Kara @ 2011-08-04 10:39 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Julia Lawall; +Cc: Jan Kara, kernel-janitors, linux-ext4, linux-kernel

On Thu 04-08-11 12:29:32, Julia Lawall wrote:
> From: Julia Lawall <julia@diku.dk>
> 
> Delete nontrivial initialization that is immediately overwritten by the
> result of an allocation function.
  Thanks. Merged.

								Honza
> 
> The semantic match that makes this change is as follows:
> (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/)
> 
> // <smpl>
> @@
> type T;
> identifier i;
> expression e;
> @@
> 
> (
> T i = \(0\|NULL\|ERR_PTR(...)\);
> |
> -T i = e;
> +T i;
> )
> ... when != i
> i = \(kzalloc\|kcalloc\|kmalloc\)(...);
> 
> // </smpl>
> 
> Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <julia@diku.dk>
> 
> ---
>  fs/ext2/balloc.c |    2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff -u -p a/fs/ext2/balloc.c b/fs/ext2/balloc.c
> --- a/fs/ext2/balloc.c
> +++ b/fs/ext2/balloc.c
> @@ -421,7 +421,7 @@ static inline int rsv_is_empty(struct ex
>  void ext2_init_block_alloc_info(struct inode *inode)
>  {
>  	struct ext2_inode_info *ei = EXT2_I(inode);
> -	struct ext2_block_alloc_info *block_i = ei->i_block_alloc_info;
> +	struct ext2_block_alloc_info *block_i;
>  	struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;
>  
>  	block_i = kmalloc(sizeof(*block_i), GFP_NOFS);
> 
-- 
Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
SUSE Labs, CR

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* Re: [PATCH 1/4] fs/ext3/balloc.c: delete useless initialization
  2011-08-04 10:29   ` Julia Lawall
@ 2011-08-04 10:40     ` Jan Kara
  -1 siblings, 0 replies; 20+ messages in thread
From: Jan Kara @ 2011-08-04 10:40 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Julia Lawall
  Cc: Jan Kara, kernel-janitors, Andrew Morton, Andreas Dilger,
	linux-ext4, linux-kernel

On Thu 04-08-11 12:29:31, Julia Lawall wrote:
> From: Julia Lawall <julia@diku.dk>
> 
> Delete nontrivial initialization that is immediately overwritten by the
> result of an allocation function.
  Thanks. Merged.

								Honza

> 
> The semantic match that makes this change is as follows:
> (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/)
> 
> // <smpl>
> @@
> type T;
> identifier i;
> expression e;
> @@
> 
> (
> T i = \(0\|NULL\|ERR_PTR(...)\);
> |
> -T i = e;
> +T i;
> )
> ... when != i
> i = \(kzalloc\|kcalloc\|kmalloc\)(...);
> 
> // </smpl>
> 
> Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <julia@diku.dk>
> 
> ---
>  fs/ext3/balloc.c |    2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff -u -p a/fs/ext3/balloc.c b/fs/ext3/balloc.c
> --- a/fs/ext3/balloc.c
> +++ b/fs/ext3/balloc.c
> @@ -427,7 +427,7 @@ static inline int rsv_is_empty(struct ex
>  void ext3_init_block_alloc_info(struct inode *inode)
>  {
>  	struct ext3_inode_info *ei = EXT3_I(inode);
> -	struct ext3_block_alloc_info *block_i = ei->i_block_alloc_info;
> +	struct ext3_block_alloc_info *block_i;
>  	struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;
>  
>  	block_i = kmalloc(sizeof(*block_i), GFP_NOFS);
> 
-- 
Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
SUSE Labs, CR

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* Re: [PATCH 1/4] fs/ext3/balloc.c: delete useless initialization
@ 2011-08-04 10:40     ` Jan Kara
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 20+ messages in thread
From: Jan Kara @ 2011-08-04 10:40 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Julia Lawall
  Cc: Jan Kara, kernel-janitors, Andrew Morton, Andreas Dilger,
	linux-ext4, linux-kernel

On Thu 04-08-11 12:29:31, Julia Lawall wrote:
> From: Julia Lawall <julia@diku.dk>
> 
> Delete nontrivial initialization that is immediately overwritten by the
> result of an allocation function.
  Thanks. Merged.

								Honza

> 
> The semantic match that makes this change is as follows:
> (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/)
> 
> // <smpl>
> @@
> type T;
> identifier i;
> expression e;
> @@
> 
> (
> T i = \(0\|NULL\|ERR_PTR(...)\);
> |
> -T i = e;
> +T i;
> )
> ... when != i
> i = \(kzalloc\|kcalloc\|kmalloc\)(...);
> 
> // </smpl>
> 
> Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <julia@diku.dk>
> 
> ---
>  fs/ext3/balloc.c |    2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff -u -p a/fs/ext3/balloc.c b/fs/ext3/balloc.c
> --- a/fs/ext3/balloc.c
> +++ b/fs/ext3/balloc.c
> @@ -427,7 +427,7 @@ static inline int rsv_is_empty(struct ex
>  void ext3_init_block_alloc_info(struct inode *inode)
>  {
>  	struct ext3_inode_info *ei = EXT3_I(inode);
> -	struct ext3_block_alloc_info *block_i = ei->i_block_alloc_info;
> +	struct ext3_block_alloc_info *block_i;
>  	struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;
>  
>  	block_i = kmalloc(sizeof(*block_i), GFP_NOFS);
> 
-- 
Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
SUSE Labs, CR

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* Re: [PATCH 1/4] fs/ext3/balloc.c: delete useless initialization
  2011-08-04 10:40     ` Jan Kara
  (?)
@ 2011-08-05 17:24     ` Eric Sandeen
  2011-08-05 19:08       ` Julia Lawall
  -1 siblings, 1 reply; 20+ messages in thread
From: Eric Sandeen @ 2011-08-05 17:24 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Jan Kara; +Cc: Julia Lawall, linux-ext4

On 8/4/11 5:40 AM, Jan Kara wrote:
> On Thu 04-08-11 12:29:31, Julia Lawall wrote:
>> From: Julia Lawall <julia@diku.dk>
>>
>> Delete nontrivial initialization that is immediately overwritten by the
>> result of an allocation function.
>   Thanks. Merged.

Just FWIW, I was curious how this ended up here.

It looks like this has been there since 2005, and both
lines went in in the same commit (i.e. it didn't creep in over time).

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/old-2.6-bkcvs.git;a=commitdiff;h=a66d457d8878fe8d09bc81f0d5e6ac40caec6eb7

-Eric

> 								Honza
> 
>>
>> The semantic match that makes this change is as follows:
>> (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/)
>>
>> // <smpl>
>> @@
>> type T;
>> identifier i;
>> expression e;
>> @@
>>
>> (
>> T i = \(0\|NULL\|ERR_PTR(...)\);
>> |
>> -T i = e;
>> +T i;
>> )
>> ... when != i
>> i = \(kzalloc\|kcalloc\|kmalloc\)(...);
>>
>> // </smpl>
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <julia@diku.dk>
>>
>> ---
>>  fs/ext3/balloc.c |    2 +-
>>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff -u -p a/fs/ext3/balloc.c b/fs/ext3/balloc.c
>> --- a/fs/ext3/balloc.c
>> +++ b/fs/ext3/balloc.c
>> @@ -427,7 +427,7 @@ static inline int rsv_is_empty(struct ex
>>  void ext3_init_block_alloc_info(struct inode *inode)
>>  {
>>  	struct ext3_inode_info *ei = EXT3_I(inode);
>> -	struct ext3_block_alloc_info *block_i = ei->i_block_alloc_info;
>> +	struct ext3_block_alloc_info *block_i;
>>  	struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;
>>  
>>  	block_i = kmalloc(sizeof(*block_i), GFP_NOFS);
>>


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* Re: [PATCH 1/4] fs/ext3/balloc.c: delete useless initialization
  2011-08-05 17:24     ` Eric Sandeen
@ 2011-08-05 19:08       ` Julia Lawall
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 20+ messages in thread
From: Julia Lawall @ 2011-08-05 19:08 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Eric Sandeen; +Cc: Jan Kara, linux-ext4

On Fri, 5 Aug 2011, Eric Sandeen wrote:

> On 8/4/11 5:40 AM, Jan Kara wrote:
> > On Thu 04-08-11 12:29:31, Julia Lawall wrote:
> >> From: Julia Lawall <julia@diku.dk>
> >>
> >> Delete nontrivial initialization that is immediately overwritten by the
> >> result of an allocation function.
> >   Thanks. Merged.
> 
> Just FWIW, I was curious how this ended up here.
> 
> It looks like this has been there since 2005, and both
> lines went in in the same commit (i.e. it didn't creep in over time).
> 
> http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/old-2.6-bkcvs.git;a=commitdiff;h=a66d457d8878fe8d09bc81f0d5e6ac40caec6eb7

Actually, the old code had the same property, for the rsv variable...

julia

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* Re: [PATCH 4/4] drivers/leds/leds-pca9532.c: delete useless
  2011-08-04 10:29   ` Julia Lawall
@ 2011-08-05 22:37     ` Wolfram Sang
  -1 siblings, 0 replies; 20+ messages in thread
From: Wolfram Sang @ 2011-08-05 22:37 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Julia Lawall; +Cc: Riku Voipio, kernel-janitors, Richard Purdie, linux-kernel

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On Thu, Aug 04, 2011 at 12:29:34PM +0200, Julia Lawall wrote:
> From: Julia Lawall <julia@diku.dk>
> 
> Delete nontrivial initialization that is immediately overwritten by the
> result of an allocation function.
> 
> The semantic match that makes this change is as follows:
> (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/)
> 
> // <smpl>
> @@
> type T;
> identifier i;
> expression e;
> @@
> 
> (
> T i = \(0\|NULL\|ERR_PTR(...)\);
> |
> -T i = e;
> +T i;
> )
> ... when != i
> i = \(kzalloc\|kcalloc\|kmalloc\)(...);
> 
> // </smpl>
> 
> Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <julia@diku.dk>

Acked-by: Wolfram Sang <w.sang@pengutronix.de>

BTW LED patches seem to go via akpm these days...

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* Re: [PATCH 4/4] drivers/leds/leds-pca9532.c: delete useless initialization
@ 2011-08-05 22:37     ` Wolfram Sang
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 20+ messages in thread
From: Wolfram Sang @ 2011-08-05 22:37 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Julia Lawall; +Cc: Riku Voipio, kernel-janitors, Richard Purdie, linux-kernel

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On Thu, Aug 04, 2011 at 12:29:34PM +0200, Julia Lawall wrote:
> From: Julia Lawall <julia@diku.dk>
> 
> Delete nontrivial initialization that is immediately overwritten by the
> result of an allocation function.
> 
> The semantic match that makes this change is as follows:
> (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/)
> 
> // <smpl>
> @@
> type T;
> identifier i;
> expression e;
> @@
> 
> (
> T i = \(0\|NULL\|ERR_PTR(...)\);
> |
> -T i = e;
> +T i;
> )
> ... when != i
> i = \(kzalloc\|kcalloc\|kmalloc\)(...);
> 
> // </smpl>
> 
> Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <julia@diku.dk>

Acked-by: Wolfram Sang <w.sang@pengutronix.de>

BTW LED patches seem to go via akpm these days...

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* Re: [PATCH 3/4] drivers/media/video/hexium_gemini.c: delete useless
  2011-08-04 10:29   ` Julia Lawall
@ 2011-08-16 11:55     ` Jean Delvare
  -1 siblings, 0 replies; 20+ messages in thread
From: Jean Delvare @ 2011-08-16 11:55 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Julia Lawall
  Cc: Mauro Carvalho Chehab, kernel-janitors, Paul Gortmaker,
	Lucas De Marchi, Hans Verkuil, linux-media, linux-kernel

Hi Julia,

On Thu,  4 Aug 2011 12:29:33 +0200, Julia Lawall wrote:
> From: Julia Lawall <julia@diku.dk>
> 
> Delete nontrivial initialization that is immediately overwritten by the
> result of an allocation function.
> (...)
> Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <julia@diku.dk>
> 
> ---
>  drivers/media/video/hexium_gemini.c |    2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff -u -p a/drivers/media/video/hexium_gemini.c b/drivers/media/video/hexium_gemini.c
> --- a/drivers/media/video/hexium_gemini.c
> +++ b/drivers/media/video/hexium_gemini.c
> @@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ static struct saa7146_ext_vv vv_data;
>  /* this function only gets called when the probing was successful */
>  static int hexium_attach(struct saa7146_dev *dev, struct saa7146_pci_extension_data *info)
>  {
> -	struct hexium *hexium = (struct hexium *) dev->ext_priv;
> +	struct hexium *hexium;
>  	int ret;
>  
>  	DEB_EE((".\n"));
> 

Looks correct.

Acked-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>

-- 
Jean Delvare

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* Re: [PATCH 3/4] drivers/media/video/hexium_gemini.c: delete useless initialization
@ 2011-08-16 11:55     ` Jean Delvare
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 20+ messages in thread
From: Jean Delvare @ 2011-08-16 11:55 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Julia Lawall
  Cc: Mauro Carvalho Chehab, kernel-janitors, Paul Gortmaker,
	Lucas De Marchi, Hans Verkuil, linux-media, linux-kernel

Hi Julia,

On Thu,  4 Aug 2011 12:29:33 +0200, Julia Lawall wrote:
> From: Julia Lawall <julia@diku.dk>
> 
> Delete nontrivial initialization that is immediately overwritten by the
> result of an allocation function.
> (...)
> Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <julia@diku.dk>
> 
> ---
>  drivers/media/video/hexium_gemini.c |    2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff -u -p a/drivers/media/video/hexium_gemini.c b/drivers/media/video/hexium_gemini.c
> --- a/drivers/media/video/hexium_gemini.c
> +++ b/drivers/media/video/hexium_gemini.c
> @@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ static struct saa7146_ext_vv vv_data;
>  /* this function only gets called when the probing was successful */
>  static int hexium_attach(struct saa7146_dev *dev, struct saa7146_pci_extension_data *info)
>  {
> -	struct hexium *hexium = (struct hexium *) dev->ext_priv;
> +	struct hexium *hexium;
>  	int ret;
>  
>  	DEB_EE((".\n"));
> 

Looks correct.

Acked-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>

-- 
Jean Delvare

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