Re: [PATCH V9 1/2] ACPI, PCI, irq: remove interrupt count restriction

[Andy Shevchenko]

On Fri, Jan 1, 2016 at 2:48 AM, Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Wednesday, December 30, 2015 09:55:35 PM Andy Shevchenko wrote:
>> On Wed, Dec 30, 2015 at 9:17 PM, Sinan Kaya <okaya@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> > On 12/30/2015 8:28 AM, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
>> >> Yep, I meant not to use an additional variable.
>> >>
>> >>> > BTW, I suggest you spend some time around checkpatch for contributions. I could
>> >>> > have caught most of the issues you are generally concerned before submitting a patch.
>> >> Is it a question?
>> >
>> > It is a request not a question. I hate wasting your time and my time with things that I could
>> > have fixed before submitting a patch.
>> >
>> > I ran the checkpatch and it said I'm good to go. But, obviously I'm not.
>>
>> Hmmâ checkpatch.pl is just a small helper to fix style issues. Here is
>> just a common sense rule, or kind of Occam's razor: no need to have
>> more variables then needed if it doesn't improve something really
>> significantly.
>
> That said, compilers optimize things anyway, so using an extra local variable
> shouldn't matter for the resulting machine code.

I'm not totally against that, but is the additional variable helpful here?


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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko
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