linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] block: Remove redundant assignments

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Date:   Sat, 9 Apr 2022 15:20:29 +0200
From:   Michal Orzel <michalorzel.eng@...il.com>
To:     Tom Rix <trix@...hat.com>, Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>,
        "Richard Russon (FlatCap)" <ldm@...tcap.org>,
        Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>,
        Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>
Cc:     linux-block@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-ntfs-dev@...ts.sourceforge.net, llvm@...ts.linux.dev
Subject: Re: [PATCH] block: Remove redundant assignments

Hi Tom,

> 
> On 4/9/22 3:19 AM, Michal Orzel wrote:
>> Get rid of redundant assignments which end up in values not being
>> read either because they are overwritten or the function ends.
> 
> This log is the same as your last patch.
> 
> Instead of a general statement on deadstores, a more specific
> 
> analysis of the setting being removed would be helpful.
> 
> This will mean splitting the patch to match the analysis.
> 
> Tom
> 

I think that this explanation in a commit is enough for such a trivial patch.
It informs that we are fixing clang-tidy findings related to deadstores
in a block subsystem. What analysis would you want to see?
Something like "Remove deadstore assignment ret = -EINVAL  in a function bio_map_user_iov" ?
I think that it will create too much of not needed overhead.

Cheers,
Michal