linux-kernel - Re: Re: [PATCH] kobject: kobject_add

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Date:   Fri, 30 Jul 2021 20:47:28 +0800
From:   "qiaoyanbo_310@....com" <qiaoyanbo_310@....com>
To:     Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     rafael@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Re: [PATCH] kobject: kobject_add_internal cleanup

On Fri, Jul 30, 2021 at 06:48:23AM +0200, Greg KH wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 30, 2021 at 12:44:26AM +0800, qiaoyanbo_310 wrote:
> > Hi Greg KH,
> 
> Sorry, but html email is rejected by the mailing lists.  Please try
> again after fixing up your email client, and I will be glad to respond.
> 
> thanks,
> 
> greg k-h

(Sorry, this is the first time I use the mutt environment to send mail,
	shamed on me I know~)

>Why is this a problem?  What bug is this solving?  Is the code somehow
>now faster or smaller that can be measured? 

I don't think the logic of the original code is self consistent.
This is not a bug,  but it causes  some unnecessary assignment operations.
This patch is to clean unnecessary assignment operations.

Thanks,
Qiao Yanbo