linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 1/2] powerpc/powernv: Remove two unnecessary variable initialisations in opal_add_one

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Date:   Mon, 6 Apr 2020 15:40:22 +0200
From:   Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@....de>
To:     Qiujun Huang <hqjagain@...il.com>, linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
        Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@....fr>,
        Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>,
        Oliver O'Halloran <oohall@...il.com>,
        Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 1/2] powerpc/powernv: Remove two unnecessary variable
 initialisations in opal_add_one_export()

> And we can remove the redundant assignments to attr and name.

How do you think about a wording like the following?

   Two local variables will eventually be set to appropriate pointers
   a bit later. Thus omit their explicit initialisation at the beginning.


Regards,
Markus