netdev - Re: [PATCH iproute2] lib: bpf_glue: remove useless assignment

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Message-ID: <YRTjdoGzNBzLvCdn@renaissance-vector>
Date:   Thu, 12 Aug 2021 11:01:42 +0200
From:   Andrea Claudi <aclaudi@...hat.com>
To:     Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, dsahern@...il.com, haliu@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH iproute2] lib: bpf_glue: remove useless assignment

On Wed, Aug 11, 2021 at 09:08:15AM -0700, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> It is bad style in C to do assignment in a conditional.
> It causes errors, and is not anymore efficient.
> 
I agree with you.

There is a large number of similar assignments in other parts of the
code; I can work on a treewide patch to address them all, if you think
it's a good idea.