linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/1] fs/binfmt_elf.c: fill_note

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Message-Id: <1380286692-21567-1-git-send-email-geyslan@gmail.com>
Date:	Fri, 27 Sep 2013 09:58:12 -0300
From:	"Geyslan G. Bem" <geyslan@...il.com>
To:	viro@...iv.linux.org.uk
Cc:	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	"Geyslan G. Bem" <geyslan@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH 1/1] fs/binfmt_elf.c: fill_note_info: Reduce scope of a variable

The *t variable in the fill_note_info function is only used if
siginfo->si_signo isn't 0. Moving "t" pointer to that inner scope.

Tested.

Signed-off-by: Geyslan G. Bem <geyslan@...il.com>
---
 fs/binfmt_elf.c | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/binfmt_elf.c b/fs/binfmt_elf.c
index 100edcc..d0ac15b 100644
--- a/fs/binfmt_elf.c
+++ b/fs/binfmt_elf.c
@@ -1848,12 +1848,11 @@ static int fill_note_info(struct elfhdr *elf, int phdrs,
 			  struct elf_note_info *info,
 			  siginfo_t *siginfo, struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
-	struct list_head *t;
-
 	if (!elf_note_info_init(info))
 		return 0;
 
 	if (siginfo->si_signo) {
+		struct list_head *t;
 		struct core_thread *ct;
 		struct elf_thread_status *ets;
 
-- 
1.8.4

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