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Date:   Thu, 30 Jul 2020 15:22:37 +0200
From:   peterz@infradead.org
To:     Julien Thierry <jthierry@redhat.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 2/4] objtool: Move orc outside of check
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On Thu, Jul 30, 2020 at 01:40:42PM +0100, Julien Thierry wrote:
> 
> 
> On 7/30/20 10:57 AM, peterz@infradead.org wrote:
> > On Thu, Jul 30, 2020 at 10:41:41AM +0100, Julien Thierry wrote:
> > > +		if (file->elf->changed)
> > > +			return elf_write(file->elf);
> > > +		else
> > > +			return 0;
> > >   	}
> > 
> > I think we can do without that else :-)
> > 
> 
> I did wonder and was not 100% confident about it, but the orc gen will
> always change the file, correct?

Not if it already has orc, iirc.

But what I was trying to say is that:

	if (file->elf->changed)
		return elf_write(file->elf)

	return 0;

is identical code and, IMO, easier to read.