linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH] net-i40e: Replace variable initialisations by assignments in i40e_vc_get_vf_resources

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Message-ID: <FC41C24E35F18A40888AACA1A36F3E418AFE2AAD@fmsmsx115.amr.corp.intel.com>
Date:	Thu, 7 Jan 2016 22:43:20 +0000
From:	"Nelson, Shannon" <shannon.nelson@...el.com>
To:	SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org" <intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org>,
	"Allan, Bruce W" <bruce.w.allan@...el.com>,
	"Wyborny, Carolyn" <carolyn.wyborny@...el.com>,
	"Skidmore, Donald C" <donald.c.skidmore@...el.com>,
	"Kirsher, Jeffrey T" <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>,
	"Brandeburg, Jesse" <jesse.brandeburg@...el.com>,
	"Ronciak, John" <john.ronciak@...el.com>,
	"Williams, Mitch A" <mitch.a.williams@...el.com>
CC:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org" <kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org>,
	Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...6.fr>
Subject: RE: [PATCH] net-i40e: Replace variable initialisations by
 assignments in i40e_vc_get_vf_resources_msg()

> From: SF Markus Elfring [mailto:elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net]
> Sent: Friday, January 01, 2016 6:33 AM
> 
> From: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
> Date: Fri, 1 Jan 2016 15:11:09 +0100
> 
> Replace explicit initialisations for four local variables at the beginning
> by assignments that will only be performed if the corresponding code
> will really be executed.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
> ---

This seems to me to be unnecessary fussing with the code.

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