linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/4] media: mediatek: vcodec: Drop unnecessary variable

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Message-ID: <3528639f-85a3-4756-b04b-c233f6c84276@collabora.com>
Date:   Wed, 6 Dec 2023 11:19:37 +0100
From:   AngeloGioacchino Del Regno 
        <angelogioacchino.delregno@...labora.com>
To:     Fei Shao <fshao@...omium.org>,
        Hans Verkuil <hverkuil-cisco@...all.nl>
Cc:     Andrew-CT Chen <andrew-ct.chen@...iatek.com>,
        Matthias Brugger <matthias.bgg@...il.com>,
        Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...nel.org>,
        Nicolas Dufresne <nicolas.dufresne@...labora.com>,
        Nícolas F. R. A. Prado 
        <nfraprado@...labora.com>, Tiffany Lin <tiffany.lin@...iatek.com>,
        Yunfei Dong <yunfei.dong@...iatek.com>,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-media@...r.kernel.org, linux-mediatek@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/4] media: mediatek: vcodec: Drop unnecessary variable

Il 13/11/23 13:26, Fei Shao ha scritto:
> It's unclear why only mem->size has local copies without particular
> usage in mtk_vcodec_mem_alloc() and mtk_vcodec_mem_free(), and they
> seem removable.
> 
> Drop them to make the code visually consistent, and update printk format
> identifier accordingly.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Fei Shao <fshao@...omium.org>

That's probably just about personal preferences, as mem->size is not expected
to change during the flow of those functions.

That said, as much as you, I prefer not having this local copy as it's using
(a very small amount of) memory for no real reason anyway, so:

Reviewed-by: AngeloGioacchino Del Regno <angelogioacchino.delregno@...labora.com>