linux-kernel - Re: [Patch v2 3/3] firmware: dmi_scan: use direct access to static vars

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Date:	Mon, 23 Feb 2015 13:55:23 +0000
From:	Matt Fleming <matt@...eblueprint.co.uk>
To:	Ivan Khoronzhuk <ivan.khoronzhuk@...aro.org>
Cc:	ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org, leif.lindholm@...aro.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [Patch v2 3/3] firmware: dmi_scan: use direct access to static
 vars

On Wed, 18 Feb, at 01:33:21PM, Ivan Khoronzhuk wrote:
> There is no reason to pass static vars to function that can use
> only them.
> 
> The dmi_table() can use only dmi_len and dmi_num static vars, so use
> them directly. In this case we can freely change their type in one
> place and slightly decrease redundancy.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ivan Khoronzhuk <ivan.khoronzhuk@...aro.org>
> ---
>  drivers/firmware/dmi_scan.c | 17 +++++++++--------
>  1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

Applied to the EFI 'next' branch, thanks Ivan.

-- 
Matt Fleming, Intel Open Source Technology Center
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