linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/1 net-next] ipv4: ip_frag

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Date:	Tue, 04 Nov 2014 15:12:10 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	fabf@...net.be
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kuznet@....inr.ac.ru,
	jmorris@...ei.org, yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org, kaber@...sh.net,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1 net-next] ipv4: ip_frag_queue function clean-up

From: Fabian Frederick <fabf@...net.be>
Date: Tue,  4 Nov 2014 20:41:37 +0100

> -remove unnecessary else after break
> -declare free_it sk_buff * only once (like prev and next)
> 
> Signed-off-by: Fabian Frederick <fabf@...net.be>

I disagree.

Declaring a local variable in it's inner-most scope is preferable
to moving it to the top level and making the job of the compiler
and the code auditor more difficult.

I'm not applying this, sorry.
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