linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] cxl: Reduce scope for the variable “mm” in cxllib_get_PE

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Date:   Thu, 10 Dec 2020 15:47:52 +0100
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@....de>
Cc:     linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org,
        Andrew Donnellan <ajd@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Frederic Barrat <fbarrat@...ux.ibm.com>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] cxl: Reduce scope for the variable “mm” in cxllib_get_PE_attributes()

On Thu, Dec 10, 2020 at 03:35:38PM +0100, Markus Elfring wrote:
> From: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
> Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2020 14:14:07 +0100
> 
> A local variable was used only within an if branch.
> Thus move the definition for the variable “mm” into the corresponding
> code block.

You did nothing here except add a checkpatch warning :(

dropped.

greg k-h