[patch] 2.3.39pre2: loop block device uninitialised var

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lo_release never returns an error, but err is never actually initialised
to zero. Here's a tiny patch to get rid of err altogether.

Tim.
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--- linux-2.3.39pre2/drivers/block/loop.c~ Sun Jan 9 17:28:21 2000
+++ linux-2.3.39pre2/drivers/block/loop.c Sun Jan 9 17:28:44 2000
@@ -643,7 +643,7 @@
 static int lo_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 {
         struct loop_device *lo;
- int dev, err;
+ int dev;
 
         if (!inode)
                 return 0;
@@ -664,7 +664,7 @@
                         xfer_funcs[type]->unlock(lo);
                 MOD_DEC_USE_COUNT;
         }
- return err;
+ return 0;
 }
 
 static struct block_device_operations lo_fops = {

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