linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/3] pata_arasan_cf: Move two variable assignments in arasan_cf

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Date:   Sun, 18 Feb 2018 05:18:32 -0800
From:   Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
To:     SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
Cc:     linux-ide@...r.kernel.org,
        Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@...sung.com>,
        Viresh Kumar <vireshk@...nel.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] pata_arasan_cf: Move two variable assignments in
 arasan_cf_probe()

On Fri, Feb 16, 2018 at 05:00:11PM +0100, SF Markus Elfring wrote:
> From: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
> Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2018 16:42:26 +0100
> 
> Move assignments for the local variables "irq_handler" and "pdata"
> so that their setting will only be performed after a call
> of the function "devm_kzalloc" succeeded by this function.
> Thus adjust a corresponding if statement.

I'm not gonna apply this.  If there's something preventing the
compiler from optimizing it, the right thing to do is fixing that.

Thanks.

-- 
tejun