linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/7] sfc: drop unnecessary list

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Date:   Mon, 27 Jul 2020 10:10:21 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     Julia.Lawall@...ia.fr
Cc:     linux-net-drivers@...arflare.com, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
        ecree@...arflare.com, mhabets@...arflare.com, kuba@...nel.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/7] sfc: drop unnecessary list_empty

From: Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@...ia.fr>
Date: Sun, 26 Jul 2020 12:58:27 +0200

> list_for_each_safe is able to handle an empty list.
> The only effect of avoiding the loop is not initializing the
> index variable.
> Drop list_empty tests in cases where these variables are not
> used.
> 
> The semantic patch that makes this change is as follows:
> (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/)
 ...
> Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@...ia.fr>

Applied to net-next.