linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] x86: Useless inode var and Coding style fixes

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Message-ID: <52390FF8.4080202@zytor.com>
Date:	Tue, 17 Sep 2013 19:29:12 -0700
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	"Geyslan G. Bem" <geyslan@...il.com>
CC:	tglx@...utronix.de, mingo@...hat.com, x86@...nel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] x86: Useless inode var and Coding style fixes

On 09/17/2013 07:22 PM, Geyslan G. Bem wrote:
> file size read only one time: useless prior value allocation.
> It's not necessary to verify f_op in the load_aout_library, since the
> prior kernel_read/vfs_read function already does.
> Coding style and printk strings fixes.
> 
> Tested using qemu, a handcrafted a.out binary and a a.out linked with a
> cross-compiled ld.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Geyslan G. Bem <geyslan@...il.com>
> ---
>  fs/binfmt_aout.c | 22 +++++++++++-----------
>  1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

This is not an x86 patch.

The other one is only because we effectively have a copy of the a.out
code in the ia32 directory, but it too can go through the generic route
with my ack.

	-hpa


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