linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 07/13] exfat: add bitmap operations

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Date:   Wed, 20 Nov 2019 21:38:05 +0100
From:   Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@....de>
To:     Namjae Jeon <namjae.jeon@...sung.com>,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>,
        Daniel Wagner <dwagner@...e.de>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Sungjong Seo <sj1557.seo@...sung.com>,
        Valdis Klētnieks <valdis.kletnieks@...edu>,
        linkinjeon@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 07/13] exfat: add bitmap operations

…
> +++ b/fs/exfat/balloc.c
…
> +int exfat_load_bitmap(struct super_block *sb)
> +{
…
> +	struct exfat_dentry *ep = NULL;
…
> +	while (clu.dir != EOF_CLUSTER) {
> +		for (i = 0; i < sbi->dentries_per_clu; i++) {
> +			ep = exfat_get_dentry(sb, &clu, i, &bh, NULL);
> +			if (!ep)
> +				return -EIO;
…

How do you think about to move the definition for the variable “ep”
to the beginning of the for loop so that the extra pointer initialisation
can be omitted?

Regards,
Markus