linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] aio: drop needless assignment in aio

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Date:   Tue, 15 Mar 2022 22:00:45 +0000
From:   Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
To:     Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@...il.com>
Cc:     Benjamin LaHaise <bcrl@...ck.org>, linux-aio@...ck.org,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] aio: drop needless assignment in aio_read()

On Mon, Mar 14, 2022 at 04:46:05PM +0100, Lukas Bulwahn wrote:
> Commit 84c4e1f89fef ("aio: simplify - and fix - fget/fput for io_submit()")
> refactored aio_read() and some error cases into early return, which made
> some intermediate assignment of the return variable needless.
> 
> Drop this needless assignment in aio_read().
> 
> No functional change. No change in resulting object code.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@...il.com>
> ---
> I cc'ed Linus as he is the author of the referred commit, but I expect
> that this clean-up just goes the usual way to Al Viro and then in some
> git pull to Linus.

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