linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] net: sched: One function call less in em_meta

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Message-ID: <54CD4EB2.4010509@users.sourceforge.net>
Date:	Sat, 31 Jan 2015 22:52:50 +0100
From:	SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
To:	Lino Sanfilippo <LinoSanfilippo@....de>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@...atatu.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
CC:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
	Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...6.fr>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: sched: One function call less in em_meta_change()
 after error detection

>> -errout:
>> -	if (err && meta)
>> -		meta_delete(meta);
> 
> Since this patch seems to be about optimization and cleanup you should
> probably also remove the now unnecessary initialization of "meta" with
> NULL at the beginning of the function...

Will the optimiser of the C compiler drop any remaining unnecessary
variable initialisations?

Do you want another update step here?

Regards,
Markus
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