--- linux-2.5.50/fs/read_write.c	2002-11-27 14:36:14.000000000 -0800
+++ linux/fs/read_write.c	2002-11-30 11:35:14.000000000 -0800
@@ -400,15 +400,14 @@
 	/* VERIFY_WRITE actually means a read, as we write to user space */
 	ret = locks_verify_area((type == READ 
 				 ? FLOCK_VERIFY_READ : FLOCK_VERIFY_WRITE),
 				inode, file, *pos, tot_len);
 	if (ret)
 		goto out;
 
-	fnv = NULL;
 	if (type == READ) {
 		fn = file->f_op->read;
 		fnv = file->f_op->readv;
 	} else {
 		fn = (io_fn_t)file->f_op->write;
 		fnv = file->f_op->writev;
 	}