Re: [PATCH 1/1] net: qlcnic: avoid superfluous assignement

[zhuyj]

Sorry.
An inline function will be inserted into the calling function. Why
"Assigning NULL to parmeter dcb has no effect outside of the
inlined function." ?

On Sun, Jul 31, 2016 at 6:07 PM, Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@xxxxxx> wrote:
> Assigning NULL to parmeter dcb has no effect outside of the
> inlined function.
>
> Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@xxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlcnic/qlcnic_dcb.h | 1 -
>  1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlcnic/qlcnic_dcb.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlcnic/qlcnic_dcb.h
> index 9777e57..f4aa633 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlcnic/qlcnic_dcb.h
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlcnic/qlcnic_dcb.h
> @@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ struct qlcnic_dcb {
>  static inline void qlcnic_clear_dcb_ops(struct qlcnic_dcb *dcb)
>  {
>         kfree(dcb);
> -       dcb = NULL;
>  }
>
>  static inline int qlcnic_dcb_get_hw_capability(struct qlcnic_dcb *dcb)
> --
> 2.8.1
>