linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] net: netfilter: Remove multiple assignment.

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Message-ID: <20170406193516.GA4743@salvia>
Date:   Thu, 6 Apr 2017 21:35:16 +0200
From:   Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@...filter.org>
To:     Arushi Singhal <arushisinghal19971997@...il.com>
Cc:     Jozsef Kadlecsik <kadlec@...ckhole.kfki.hu>, davem@...emloft.net,
        netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org, coreteam@...filter.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        outreachy-kernel@...glegroups.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] net: netfilter: Remove multiple assignment.

Hi Arushi,

On Tue, Mar 28, 2017 at 04:03:27AM +0530, Arushi Singhal wrote:
> This patch removes multiple assignments to follow the kernel coding
> style as also reported by checkpatch.pl.
> Done using coccinelle.
> @@
> identifier i1,i2;
> constant c;
> @@
> - i1=i2=c;
> + i1=c;
> + i2=i1;

I see more multiple assignments like this under:

net/netfilter/
net/ipv4/netfilter/
net/ipv6/netfilter/
net/bridge/netfilter/

So I would prefer whether fix them all or none.

Thanks!