linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 13/19] selftests/resctrl: Remove unnecessary startptr global from fill

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Message-ID: <edea8758-78eb-6684-084a-063543f487ad@intel.com>
Date:   Thu, 13 Jul 2023 16:06:13 -0700
From:   Reinette Chatre <reinette.chatre@...el.com>
To:     Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@...ux.intel.com>,
        <linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org>, Shuah Khan <shuah@...nel.org>,
        "Shaopeng Tan" <tan.shaopeng@...fujitsu.com>,
        Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@...el.com>,
        <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 13/19] selftests/resctrl: Remove unnecessary startptr
 global from fill_buf

Hi Ilpo,

On 7/13/2023 6:19 AM, Ilpo Järvinen wrote:
> fill_buf stores buffer pointer into global variable startptr that is
> only used in fill_cache().
> 
> Remove startptr as global variable, the local variable in fill_cache()
> is enough to keep the pointer.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@...ux.intel.com>
> ---

Thank you.

Reviewed-by: Reinette Chatre <reinette.chatre@...el.com>

Reinette