linux-kernel - Re: InfiniBand-ocrdma: Delete unnecessary variable initialisations in 11 functions

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Date:	Sat, 16 Jan 2016 09:30:22 +0100
From:	SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
To:	linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org, Leon Romanovsky <leon@...n.nu>
Cc:	Devesh Sharma <devesh.sharma@...gotech.com>,
	Doug Ledford <dledford@...hat.com>,
	Hal Rosenstock <hal.rosenstock@...il.com>,
	Mitesh Ahuja <mitesh.ahuja@...gotech.com>,
	Sean Hefty <sean.hefty@...el.com>,
	Selvin Xavier <selvin.xavier@...gotech.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
	Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...6.fr>, kbuild-all@...org,
	ltp@...ts.linux.it, users@...ts.openfabrics.org
Subject: Re: InfiniBand-ocrdma: Delete unnecessary variable initialisations in
 11 functions

> Please provide the numbers BEFORE and AFTER your change which can
> support that your so called "fine-tuning" worked.

For which combinations of hardware and software versions would you
like to see corresponding results from detailed system checks
and special benchmarks?

> We are waiting to see it together with Tested-By tag to emphasize
> that your code was tested on real HW and passed minimal sanity checks.

Are any other contributors interested to collaborate for such a task?

> NAK on this patch.

Thanks for your feedback.

Does it mean that you reject (only) the proposed source code adjustments
around the variable "status" in the shown function selection at the moment?

Would you like to clarify the other update steps from this patch series
a bit more?

Regards,
Markus