linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 00/11] Drop unnecessary static

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Date:   Sat, 15 Jul 2017 23:00:36 +0200 (CEST)
From:   Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...6.fr>
To:     Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
cc:     Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@...6.fr>,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, keescook@...omium.org,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, linux-ide@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-clk@...r.kernel.org, linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-omap@...r.kernel.org, Hartmut Knaack <knaack.h@....de>,
        Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@...afoo.de>,
        Peter Meerwald-Stadler <pmeerw@...erw.net>,
        linux-input@...r.kernel.org, linux-iio@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/11] Drop unnecessary static



On Sat, 15 Jul 2017, Joe Perches wrote:

> On Sat, 2017-07-15 at 22:07 +0200, Julia Lawall wrote:
> > These patches fix cases where there is a static on a local variable, but
> > the variable is initialized before any possible use.  Thus, the static has
> > no benefit.
>
> Nice one.

Thanks.  It was suggested by Kees Cook a while ago.  There seem to be many
opportunities.

julia