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Date:   Wed, 6 Sep 2017 23:26:23 +0200 (CEST)
From:   Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...6.fr>
To:     Srishti Sharma <srishtishar@...il.com>
cc:     Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Gilad Ben-Yossef <gilad@...yossef.com>,
        linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org,
        driverdev-devel@...uxdriverproject.org, devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, outreachy-kernel@...glegroups.com
Subject: Re: [Outreachy kernel] [PATCH v3] Staging: ccree: ssi_cipher.c:
 Remove unused variable.



On Thu, 7 Sep 2017, Srishti Sharma wrote:

> On Thu, Sep 7, 2017 at 2:47 AM, Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...6.fr> wrote:
> >
> >
> > On Thu, 7 Sep 2017, Srishti Sharma wrote:
> >
> >> Remove local variable inflight_counter ,as it is never used.
> >
> > "counter ,as" -> "counter, as"
> >
> >> Signed-off-by: Srishti Sharma <srishtishar@...il.com>
> >> ---
> >> Changes in v3:
> >>  - There was no longer a need to make the comment more comprehensible as
> >>    I have deleted the variable associated with it because it is unused .
> >>  drivers/staging/ccree/ssi_cipher.c | 5 +----
> >>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-)
> >>
> >> diff --git a/drivers/staging/ccree/ssi_cipher.c b/drivers/staging/ccree/ssi_cipher.c
> >> index fec2faa..609ebe4 100644
> >> --- a/drivers/staging/ccree/ssi_cipher.c
> >> +++ b/drivers/staging/ccree/ssi_cipher.c
> >> @@ -702,10 +702,7 @@ static int ssi_blkcipher_complete(struct device *dev,
> >>
> >>       ssi_buffer_mgr_unmap_blkcipher_request(dev, req_ctx, ivsize, src, dst);
> >>
> >> -     /*
> >> -      * Save inflight_counter in a local variable.
> >> -      */
> >> -     inflight_counter =  ctx_p->drvdata->inflight_counter;
> >> +
> >
> > This is a patch on your previous patch.  It should be a patch on the
> > original code.  Also, don't add a new blank line.  Just remove the line
> > completely.
>
>   so , when I resend it should I version it as v3 or send as a new
> patch as it is now fixing a different problem ?

v3 (or maybe now v4?) would be fine.  It's still the same code that is
under consideration.  Then it will be clear that he previosu patches are
not needed.

julia

>  Regards,
>  Srishti
> >
> > julia
> >
> >>       /*Decrease the inflight counter*/
> >>       if (ctx_p->flow_mode == BYPASS && ctx_p->drvdata->inflight_counter > 0)
> >>               ctx_p->drvdata->inflight_counter--;
> >> --
> >> 2.7.4
> >>
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