The pointer file is being initialized with a value that is never read, it
is being re-assigned later on. Clean up code by removing the redundant
initialization.

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

diff --git a/mm/secretmem.c b/mm/secretmem.c
index 04c3ac9448a1..be3fff86ba00 100644
--- a/mm/secretmem.c
+++ b/mm/secretmem.c
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ static struct vfsmount *secretmem_mnt;
 
 static struct file *secretmem_file_create(unsigned long flags)
 {
-	struct file *file = ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+	struct file *file;
 	struct inode *inode;
 	const char *anon_name = "[secretmem]";
 	const struct qstr qname = QSTR_INIT(anon_name, strlen(anon_name));
-- 
2.30.2

On Mon, Jan 16, 2023 at 04:43:32PM +0000, Colin Ian King wrote:
> The pointer file is being initialized with a value that is never read, it
> is being re-assigned later on. Clean up code by removing the redundant
> initialization.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.i.king@gmail.com>

Reviewed-by: Mike Rapoport (IBM) <rppt@kernel.org>

> ---
>  mm/secretmem.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/mm/secretmem.c b/mm/secretmem.c
> index 04c3ac9448a1..be3fff86ba00 100644
> --- a/mm/secretmem.c
> +++ b/mm/secretmem.c
> @@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ static struct vfsmount *secretmem_mnt;
>  
>  static struct file *secretmem_file_create(unsigned long flags)
>  {
> -	struct file *file = ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
> +	struct file *file;
>  	struct inode *inode;
>  	const char *anon_name = "[secretmem]";
>  	const struct qstr qname = QSTR_INIT(anon_name, strlen(anon_name));
> -- 
> 2.30.2
> 
> 

-- 
Sincerely yours,
Mike.