Re: [PATCH v2] proc/fd: Remove unnecessary variable initialisations in seq_show()

From: Markus Elfring
Date: Fri Jun 12 2020 - 13:04:10 EST


>>> 'files' will be immediately reassigned. 'f_flags' and 'file' will be
>>> overwritten in the if{} or seq_show() directly exits with an error.
>>> so we don't need to consume CPU resources to initialize them.
>>
>> I suggest to improve also this change description.
>>
>> * Should the mentioned identifiers refer to variables?
>>
>> * Will another imperative wording be preferred?
>> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst?id=b791d1bdf9212d944d749a5c7ff6febdba241771#n151
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>> * I propose to extend the patch a bit more.
>> How do you think about to convert the initialisation for the variable âretâ
>> also into a later assignment?
>
> Please stop commenting on people's changelogs. You add no value.

Would you like to clarify concrete software development ideas?

Regards,
Markus