linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] staging: silicom: function return fixes

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Message-ID: <3841595.FCr3AICt7G@mayhem>
Date:	Fri, 11 Jul 2014 09:12:25 +0200
From:	Davide Gianforte <davide@...gisdave.org>
To:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:	"devel@...verdev.osuosl.org" <devel@...verdev.osuosl.org>,
	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	kernel-janitors <kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] staging: silicom: function return fixes

On Wed, Jul 09, 2014 at 11:59:14, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 01, 2014 at 02:33:43PM +0200, Davide Gianforte wrote:
> > +	uint32_t ctrl_ext = BPCTL_READ_REG(pbpctl_dev, CTRL_EXT);
> >  
> > -	ctrl_ext = BPCTL_READ_REG(pbpctl_dev, CTRL_EXT);
> 
> How about just removing the " = 0;" part of the variable definition?
> That would be a smaller patch, and still keep everything "clean".
> 
> thanks,
> 
> greg k-h

Also I prefer the style to keep definitions separated from assignments.
I've seen a lot of kernel code which initialize variables with function returns,
but as you said, it is not "clean", even if it is code-correct.

I'll rewrite the patch and I will send asap.

thanks
davide
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