From 35dbf4efb044fbe4096a5edbb449e894aca9ef50 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@linaro.org>
Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2017 12:24:22 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] driver core: don't initialize 'parent' in device_add()

'parent' is always overwritten before getting used and there is no need
to initialize it with NULL.

Signed-off-by: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@linaro.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
---
 drivers/base/core.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/base/core.c b/drivers/base/core.c
index 6bb60fb6a30b..bbecaf9293be 100644
--- a/drivers/base/core.c
+++ b/drivers/base/core.c
@@ -1607,7 +1607,7 @@ int device_private_init(struct device *dev)
  */
 int device_add(struct device *dev)
 {
-	struct device *parent = NULL;
+	struct device *parent;
 	struct kobject *kobj;
 	struct class_interface *class_intf;
 	int error = -EINVAL;