Pointer root_bh is being initialized with a value that is not read,
it is being re-assigned later on closer to its use. The early
initialization is redundant and can be removed.

Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.i.king@gmail.com>
---
 fs/ocfs2/alloc.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/alloc.c b/fs/ocfs2/alloc.c
index bb247bc349e4..bf9357123bc5 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/alloc.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/alloc.c
@@ -2040,7 +2040,7 @@ static void ocfs2_complete_edge_insert(handle_t *handle,
 	int i, idx;
 	struct ocfs2_extent_list *el, *left_el, *right_el;
 	struct ocfs2_extent_rec *left_rec, *right_rec;
-	struct buffer_head *root_bh = left_path->p_node[subtree_index].bh;
+	struct buffer_head *root_bh;
 
 	/*
 	 * Update the counts and position values within all the
-- 
2.33.1

On 12/28/21 9:37 AM, Colin Ian King wrote:
> Pointer root_bh is being initialized with a value that is not read,
> it is being re-assigned later on closer to its use. The early
> initialization is redundant and can be removed.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.i.king@gmail.com>

Acked-by: Joseph Qi <joseph.qi@linux.alibaba.com>
> ---
>  fs/ocfs2/alloc.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/alloc.c b/fs/ocfs2/alloc.c
> index bb247bc349e4..bf9357123bc5 100644
> --- a/fs/ocfs2/alloc.c
> +++ b/fs/ocfs2/alloc.c
> @@ -2040,7 +2040,7 @@ static void ocfs2_complete_edge_insert(handle_t *handle,
>  	int i, idx;
>  	struct ocfs2_extent_list *el, *left_el, *right_el;
>  	struct ocfs2_extent_rec *left_rec, *right_rec;
> -	struct buffer_head *root_bh = left_path->p_node[subtree_index].bh;
> +	struct buffer_head *root_bh;
>  
>  	/*
>  	 * Update the counts and position values within all the