netdev - Re: [PATCH 2/7] sfc: drop unnecessary list

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Date:   Mon, 27 Jul 2020 13:13:40 +0100
From:   Edward Cree <ecree@...arflare.com>
To:     Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@...ia.fr>,
        Solarflare linux maintainers <linux-net-drivers@...arflare.com>
CC:     <kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org>,
        Martin Habets <mhabets@...arflare.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/7] sfc: drop unnecessary list_empty

On 26/07/2020 11:58, Julia Lawall wrote:
> list_for_each_safe is able to handle an empty list.
> The only effect of avoiding the loop is not initializing the
> index variable.
> Drop list_empty tests in cases where these variables are not
> used.
Sure, why not.
Acked-by: Edward Cree <ecree@...arflare.com>