linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] staging: fieldbus: anybuss: Remove variable

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Date:   Thu, 23 May 2019 09:22:46 +0200
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Nishka Dasgupta <nishka.dasgupta@...oo.com>
Cc:     devel@...verdev.osuosl.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: fieldbus: anybuss: Remove variable

On Thu, May 23, 2019 at 12:35:26PM +0530, Nishka Dasgupta wrote:
> Variable client, assigned to priv->client, is used only once in a
> function argument; hence, it can be removed and the function argument
> replaced with priv->client directly.
> Issue found with Coccinelle.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Nishka Dasgupta <nishka.dasgupta@...oo.com>
> ---
>  drivers/staging/fieldbus/anybuss/hms-profinet.c | 4 +---
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/fieldbus/anybuss/hms-profinet.c b/drivers/staging/fieldbus/anybuss/hms-profinet.c
> index 5446843e35f4..a7f85912fa92 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/fieldbus/anybuss/hms-profinet.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/fieldbus/anybuss/hms-profinet.c
> @@ -124,9 +124,7 @@ static int __profi_enable(struct profi_priv *priv)
>  
>  static int __profi_disable(struct profi_priv *priv)
>  {
> -	struct anybuss_client *client = priv->client;
> -
> -	anybuss_set_power(client, false);
> +	anybuss_set_power(priv->client, false);

Same comments are relevant here as the last patch you sent.

thanks,

greg k-h