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Date:   Mon, 24 Jul 2017 21:20:26 +0200
From:   Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
To:     Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...6.fr>
Cc:     Mark D Rustad <mrustad@...il.com>,
        Tony Lindgren <tony@...mide.com>, keescook@...omium.org,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>,
        linux-omap@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 07/11] mfd: Drop unnecessary static

Hi!

> > > Drop static on a local variable, when the variable is initialized before
> > > any possible use.  Thus, the static has no benefit.

Actually... it has possible other benefit -- saving stack space. I've
used static for that purpose before. So ... careful with the
automation.

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