[PATCH RESEND] fs/ext4: remove unused variable 'de' in ext4_init_new_dir()

From: Suchit Karunakaran
Date: Wed Aug 13 2025 - 14:25:05 EST


The variable 'de' was declared but never used in the ext4_init_new_dir()
function, causing a compiler warning:
variable 'de' set but not used [-Werror=unused-but-set-variable]
Remove the unused declaration to clean up the code and fix the warning.

Signed-off-by: Suchit Karunakaran <suchitkarunakaran@xxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/ext4/namei.c | 2 --
1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/ext4/namei.c b/fs/ext4/namei.c
index d83f91b62317..bb2370829928 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/namei.c
@@ -2965,7 +2965,6 @@ int ext4_init_new_dir(handle_t *handle, struct inode *dir,
struct inode *inode)
{
struct buffer_head *dir_block = NULL;
- struct ext4_dir_entry_2 *de;
ext4_lblk_t block = 0;
int err;

@@ -2982,7 +2981,6 @@ int ext4_init_new_dir(handle_t *handle, struct inode *dir,
dir_block = ext4_append(handle, inode, &block);
if (IS_ERR(dir_block))
return PTR_ERR(dir_block);
- de = (struct ext4_dir_entry_2 *)dir_block->b_data;
err = ext4_init_dirblock(handle, inode, dir_block, dir->i_ino, NULL, 0);
if (err)
goto out;
--
2.50.1