netdev - Re: [PATCH][net-next] tcpv6: define th variable only once

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Date:   Sun, 23 Feb 2020 21:14:45 -0800 (PST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     lirongqing@...du.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH][net-next] tcpv6: define th variable only once

From: Li RongQing <lirongqing@...du.com>
Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2020 15:56:54 +0800

> @@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ static struct sk_buff *tcp6_gso_segment(struct sk_buff *skb,
>  
>  	if (unlikely(skb->ip_summed != CHECKSUM_PARTIAL)) {
>  		const struct ipv6hdr *ipv6h = ipv6_hdr(skb);
> -		struct tcphdr *th = tcp_hdr(skb);
> +		th = tcp_hdr(skb);
>  
>  		/* Set up pseudo header, usually expect stack to have done

This doesn't leave a new line before local variable declarations and
statements.

But even more interesting, is that the top level declaration of 'th'
can be removed the solve this warning and restricts the scope of 'th'
to where it is actually used.