Re: [linux-safety] [PATCH] taskstats: remove unneeded dead assignment

From: Dan Carpenter
Date: Tue Nov 10 2020 - 03:06:42 EST


On Fri, Nov 06, 2020 at 12:04:53PM +0000, Sudip Mukherjee wrote:
> Hi Lukas,
>
> On 06/11/2020 10:31, Lukas Bulwahn wrote:
> >
> >
> > On Fri, 6 Nov 2020, Sudip Mukherjee wrote:
> >
> >> Hi Lukas,
> >>
>
> <snip>
>
> >
> > I did not try but I bet (a beverage of your choice) that the object code
> > remains the same also for your suggested patch. Try to disprove my claim
> > and possibly earn yourself a beverage when we meet...
>
> Lets decide which beverage.. ;-)
>
> Using gcc-7.2.0 for MIPS:
>
> original:- ab81d3305d578c2568fbc73aad2f9e61 kernel/taskstats.o
> After your change:- ab81d3305d578c2568fbc73aad2f9e61 kernel/taskstats.o
> After my change:- 0acae2c8d72abd3e15bf805fccdca711 kernel/taskstats.o

I'm surprised the line numbers from the printks aren't affecting it...

I personally prefer Lukas's patch. "rc" should be function scope...

regards,
dan carpenter