linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] staging-slicoss: Replace variable initialisations by assignments in slic_if

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Message-ID: <56896591.2030208@users.sourceforge.net>
Date:	Sun, 3 Jan 2016 19:16:49 +0100
From:	SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
To:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:	Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...6.fr>, devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
	kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Lior Dotan <liodot@...il.com>,
	Christopher Harrer <charrer@...critech.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging-slicoss: Replace variable initialisations by
 assignments in slic_if_init()

>> I prefer that assignments for variables like "card" and "slic_regs"
>> will only be performed immediately before the corresponding content will be
>> read again (after a few condition checks were executed).
>>
>> Another description could be this view:
>> I suggest to move the variable initialisation a bit.
> 
> And like David Miller and others just said, please don't bother us with
> pointless patches such as this, if you keep it up, I'll have to add you
> to my killfile as patches like this are a waste of everyone's valuable time.

I am a bit surprised that you do not like such source code fine-tuning.
Will related software improvements get another chance later (eventually together
with other changes)?

Regards,
Markus
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