linux-kernel - [PATCH v3 2/2] USB hub_probe: put initialization before usage

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Date:   Mon, 7 Nov 2016 21:55:09 +0300
From:   Eugene Korenevsky <ekorenevsky@...il.com>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-usb@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Luiz Capitulino <lcapitulino@...hat.com>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Chase Metzger <chasemetzger15@...il.com>,
        Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>,
        Mathias Nyman <mathias.nyman@...ux.intel.com>,
        Lu Baolu <baolu.lu@...ux.intel.com>,
        Oliver Neukum <oneukum@...e.com>, Hans Yang <hansy@...dia.com>
Subject: [PATCH v3 2/2] USB hub_probe: put initialization before usage

Minor optimization: move initialization immediately before usage.
This gives a chance for more accurate register allocation by the compiler.

Signed-off-by: Eugene Korenevsky <ekorenevsky@...il.com>
---
 drivers/usb/core/hub.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/usb/core/hub.c b/drivers/usb/core/hub.c
index 7a20980..c7f6b5f 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/core/hub.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/core/hub.c
@@ -1742,7 +1742,6 @@ static int hub_probe(struct usb_interface *intf, const struct usb_device_id *id)
 	struct usb_device *hdev;
 	struct usb_hub *hub;
 
-	desc = intf->cur_altsetting;
 	hdev = interface_to_usbdev(intf);
 
 	/*
@@ -1813,6 +1812,7 @@ static int hub_probe(struct usb_interface *intf, const struct usb_device_id *id)
 	}
 #endif
 
+	desc = intf->cur_altsetting;
 	if (!hub_check_descriptor_sanity(desc)) {
 		dev_err(&intf->dev, "bad descriptor, ignoring hub\n");
 		return -EIO;
-- 
2.10.2