Re: [PATCH net-next] smsc911x: remove superfluous variable init

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

Hi Wolfram,

On Tue, Mar 21, 2023 at 12:50 PM Wolfram Sang
<wsa+renesas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> phydev is assigned a value right away, no need to initialize it.
>
> Signed-off-by: Wolfram Sang <wsa+renesas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks for your patch!

Reviewed-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@xxxxxxxxx>

> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/smsc/smsc911x.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/smsc/smsc911x.c
> @@ -1016,7 +1016,7 @@ static void smsc911x_phy_adjust_link(struct net_device *dev)
>  static int smsc911x_mii_probe(struct net_device *dev)
>  {
>         struct smsc911x_data *pdata = netdev_priv(dev);
> -       struct phy_device *phydev = NULL;
> +       struct phy_device *phydev;
>         int ret;
>
>         phydev = phy_find_first(pdata->mii_bus);

Nit: perhaps combine this assignment with the variable declaration?

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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