[PATCH] maple_tree: Remove pointer to pointer use in mas_alloc_nodes()

[PATCH] maple_tree: Remove pointer to pointer use in mas_alloc_nodes()

[Liam Howlett]

There is a more direct and cleaner way of implementing the same
functional code.  Remove the confusing and unnecessary use of pointers
here.

Suggested-by: Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Liam R. Howlett <Liam.Howlett@oracle.com>
---
 lib/maple_tree.c | 4 +---
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/maple_tree.c b/lib/maple_tree.c
index cbae5b1c1a62..6f3945654baf 100644
--- a/lib/maple_tree.c
+++ b/lib/maple_tree.c
@@ -1205,7 +1205,6 @@ static inline void mas_push_node(struct ma_state *mas, struct maple_node *used)
 static inline void mas_alloc_nodes(struct ma_state *mas, gfp_t gfp)
 {
 	struct maple_alloc *node;
-	struct maple_alloc **nodep = &mas->alloc;
 	unsigned long allocated = mas_allocated(mas);
 	unsigned long success = allocated;
 	unsigned int requested = mas_alloc_req(mas);
@@ -1259,8 +1258,7 @@ static inline void mas_alloc_nodes(struct ma_state *mas, gfp_t gfp)
 			node->node_count--;
 
 		success += count;
-		nodep = &node->slot[0];
-		node = *nodep;
+		node = node->slot[0];
 		requested -= count;
 	}
 	mas->alloc->total = success;
-- 
2.35.1