linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] staging: ccree: local variable "dev" not required

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Message-ID: <1507226431.4434.37.camel@perches.com>
Date:   Thu, 05 Oct 2017 11:00:31 -0700
From:   Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:     Gilad Ben-Yossef <gilad@...yossef.com>,
        Suniel Mahesh <sunil.m@...hveda.org>
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Linux Crypto Mailing List <linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org>,
        driverdev-devel@...uxdriverproject.org, devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
        Linux kernel mailing list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        karthik@...hveda.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: ccree: local variable "dev" not required

On Thu, 2017-10-05 at 10:07 +0300, Gilad Ben-Yossef wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 4, 2017 at 10:12 PM,  <sunil.m@...hveda.org> wrote:
> > There is no need to create a local pointer variable "dev" and
> > pass it various API's, instead use plat_dev which is enumerated
> > by platform core on successful probe.
[]
> I'm sorry but I don't understand what is the problem you are trying to solve or
> what is the improvement suggested.
> 
> Why is having a local variable undesirable? I think having it makes
> the code more readable, not less.

IMO: The local variable is _not_ undesirable.
     It does make the code more readable and
     shortens line lengths too.