Remove unnecessary NULL pointer initializations from variables that
are already initialized before use.

Reviewed-by: Nikolay Borisov <nik.borisov@suse.com>
Reviewed-by: Sohil Mehta <sohil.mehta@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Qiuxu Zhuo <qiuxu.zhuo@intel.com>
---
Changes in v4:
 - No changes.

Changes in v3:
 - Collect "Reviewed-by:" Nikolay & Sohil.
 - Remove the variables' names from the commit message (Sohil).

 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mce/amd.c | 8 +++-----
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mce/amd.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mce/amd.c
index 018874b554cb..c79a82912d38 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mce/amd.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mce/amd.c
@@ -921,8 +921,8 @@ static void log_and_reset_block(struct threshold_block *block)
  */
 static void amd_threshold_interrupt(void)
 {
-	struct threshold_block *first_block = NULL, *block = NULL, *tmp = NULL;
 	struct threshold_bank **bp = this_cpu_read(threshold_banks);
+	struct threshold_block *first_block, *block, *tmp;
 	unsigned int bank, cpu = smp_processor_id();
 
 	/*
@@ -1201,8 +1201,7 @@ static int allocate_threshold_blocks(unsigned int cpu, struct threshold_bank *tb
 static int __threshold_add_blocks(struct threshold_bank *b)
 {
 	struct list_head *head = &b->blocks->miscj;
-	struct threshold_block *pos = NULL;
-	struct threshold_block *tmp = NULL;
+	struct threshold_block *pos, *tmp;
 	int err = 0;
 
 	err = kobject_add(&b->blocks->kobj, b->kobj, b->blocks->kobj.name);
@@ -1312,8 +1311,7 @@ static void deallocate_threshold_blocks(struct threshold_bank *bank)
 
 static void __threshold_remove_blocks(struct threshold_bank *b)
 {
-	struct threshold_block *pos = NULL;
-	struct threshold_block *tmp = NULL;
+	struct threshold_block *pos, *tmp;
 
 	kobject_put(b->kobj);
 
-- 
2.17.1

On Mon, Nov 11, 2024 at 02:04:27PM +0800, Qiuxu Zhuo wrote:
> Remove unnecessary NULL pointer initializations from variables that
> are already initialized before use.
> 
> Reviewed-by: Nikolay Borisov <nik.borisov@suse.com>
> Reviewed-by: Sohil Mehta <sohil.mehta@intel.com>
> Signed-off-by: Qiuxu Zhuo <qiuxu.zhuo@intel.com>
> ---

Reviewed-by: Yazen Ghannam <yazen.ghannam@amd.com>

Thanks,
Yazen