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From:   Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@windriver.com>
To:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
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        Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@windriver.com>
Subject: [PATCH] perf/x86/intel/pt: drop pointless NULL assignment.
Date:   Wed, 8 Apr 2020 19:52:16 -0400
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Only a few lines below this removed line is this:

  attrs = kzalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);

and since there is no code path where this could be avoided, the
NULL assignment is a pointless relic of history and can be removed.

Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@windriver.com>

diff --git a/arch/x86/events/intel/pt.c b/arch/x86/events/intel/pt.c
index 1db7a51d9792..e94af4a54d0d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/events/intel/pt.c
+++ b/arch/x86/events/intel/pt.c
@@ -226,8 +226,6 @@ static int __init pt_pmu_hw_init(void)
 			pt_pmu.vmx = true;
 	}
 
-	attrs = NULL;
-
 	for (i = 0; i < PT_CPUID_LEAVES; i++) {
 		cpuid_count(20, i,
 			    &pt_pmu.caps[CPUID_EAX + i*PT_CPUID_REGS_NUM],
-- 
2.17.1