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md/dm-writecache: Don't request pointer dummy_addr when not required

Function persistent_memory_claim doesn't need to get local pointer
dummy_addr from direct_access. Using NULL instead of having to pass
in a useless local pointer that caller then just throw away.

Suggested-by: Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Huaisheng Ye <yehs1@lenovo.com>
Reviewed-by: Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@linux.intel.com>
Acked-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Dave Jiang <dave.jiang@intel.com>

authored by

Huaisheng Ye and committed by
Dave Jiang
f742267a e0b401e3

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+1 -2
drivers/md/dm-writecache.c
··· 267 267 i = 0; 268 268 do { 269 269 long daa; 270 - void *dummy_addr; 271 270 daa = dax_direct_access(wc->ssd_dev->dax_dev, i, p - i, 272 - &dummy_addr, &pfn); 271 + NULL, &pfn); 273 272 if (daa <= 0) { 274 273 r = daa ? daa : -EINVAL; 275 274 goto err3;