linux-kernel - [PATCH] clockevents: use dedicated list iterator variable

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Date:   Thu, 31 Mar 2022 23:57:07 +0200
From:   Jakob Koschel <jakobkoschel@...il.com>
To:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Mike Rapoport <rppt@...nel.org>,
        "Brian Johannesmeyer" <bjohannesmeyer@...il.com>,
        Cristiano Giuffrida <c.giuffrida@...nl>,
        "Bos, H.J." <h.j.bos@...nl>, Jakob Koschel <jakobkoschel@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH] clockevents: use dedicated list iterator variable

To move the list iterator variable into the list_for_each_entry_*()
macro in the future it should be avoided to use the list iterator
variable after the loop body.

To *never* use the list iterator variable after the loop it was
concluded to use a separate iterator variable [1].

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/CAHk-=wgRr_D8CB-D9Kg-c=EHreAsk5SqXPwr9Y7k9sA6cWXJ6w@mail.gmail.com/ [1]
Signed-off-by: Jakob Koschel <jakobkoschel@...il.com>
---
 kernel/time/clockevents.c | 9 +++++----
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/time/clockevents.c b/kernel/time/clockevents.c
index 003ccf338d20..5d85014d59b5 100644
--- a/kernel/time/clockevents.c
+++ b/kernel/time/clockevents.c
@@ -690,7 +690,7 @@ static ssize_t unbind_device_store(struct device *dev,
 {
 	char name[CS_NAME_LEN];
 	ssize_t ret = sysfs_get_uname(buf, name, count);
-	struct clock_event_device *ce;
+	struct clock_event_device *ce = NULL, *iter;
 
 	if (ret < 0)
 		return ret;
@@ -698,9 +698,10 @@ static ssize_t unbind_device_store(struct device *dev,
 	ret = -ENODEV;
 	mutex_lock(&clockevents_mutex);
 	raw_spin_lock_irq(&clockevents_lock);
-	list_for_each_entry(ce, &clockevent_devices, list) {
-		if (!strcmp(ce->name, name)) {
-			ret = __clockevents_try_unbind(ce, dev->id);
+	list_for_each_entry(iter, &clockevent_devices, list) {
+		if (!strcmp(iter->name, name)) {
+			ret = __clockevents_try_unbind(iter, dev->id);
+			ce = iter;
 			break;
 		}
 	}

base-commit: f82da161ea75dc4db21b2499e4b1facd36dab275
-- 
2.25.1