linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/9] drivers/misc: Eliminate useless code

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Date:	Sat, 23 Jan 2010 21:43:32 +0200
From:	Tomas Winkler <tomasw@...il.com>
To:	Julia Lawall <julia@...u.dk>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/9] drivers/misc: Eliminate useless code

On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 5:57 PM, Julia Lawall <julia@...u.dk> wrote:
> From: Julia Lawall <julia@...u.dk>
>
> The variable priv is initialized twice to the same (side effect-free)
> expression.  Drop one initialization.
>
> A simplified version of the semantic match that finds this problem is:
> (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/)
>
> // <smpl>
> @forall@
> idexpression *x;
> identifier f!=ERR_PTR;
> @@
>
> x = f(...)
> ... when != x
> (
> x = f(...,<+...x...+>,...)
> |
> * x = f(...)
> )
> // </smpl>
>
> Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <julia@...u.dk>
Acked-by Tomas.Winker <tomas.winkler@...el.com>


I appreciate if you CC me next time.

Thanks
Tomas
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