linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH linux-next] ring_buffer: remove redundant ret variables

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Message-ID: <20221128130038.4e038f1b@gandalf.local.home>
Date:   Mon, 28 Nov 2022 13:00:38 -0500
From:   Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:     <zhang.songyi@....com.cn>
Cc:     <mhiramat@...nel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH linux-next] ring_buffer: remove redundant ret variables

On Mon, 28 Nov 2022 21:10:00 +0800 (CST)
<zhang.songyi@....com.cn> wrote:

> From: zhang songyi <zhang.songyi@....com.cn>
> 
> Return values from ring_buffer_bytes_cpu(), ring_buffer_overrun_cpu(),
> ring_buffer_commit_overrun_cpu(), ring_buffer_dropped_events_cpu()
> directly instead of taking this in another redundant variable.
> 
> Signed-off-by: zhang songyi <zhang.songyi@....com.cn>
> ---

Fine, I may add this, as it looks like leftovers from 8aabee573dff
("ring-buffer: remove unneeded get_online_cpus"). But they make no real
difference staying as is.

-- Steve