Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755246Ab0AUKtP (ORCPT ); Thu, 21 Jan 2010 05:49:15 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754912Ab0AUKtO (ORCPT ); Thu, 21 Jan 2010 05:49:14 -0500 Received: from mgw2.diku.dk ([130.225.96.92]:60533 "EHLO mgw2.diku.dk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753769Ab0AUKtN (ORCPT ); Thu, 21 Jan 2010 05:49:13 -0500 Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2010 11:49:10 +0100 (CET) From: Julia Lawall To: David Miller Cc: vladislav.yasevich@hp.com, sri@us.ibm.com, linux-sctp@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/9] net/sctp: Eliminate useless code In-Reply-To: <20100121.024337.57448535.davem@davemloft.net> Message-ID: References: <4B574702.4040602@hp.com> <20100120.150343.236848237.davem@davemloft.net> <20100121.024337.57448535.davem@davemloft.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1930 Lines: 66 On Thu, 21 Jan 2010, David Miller wrote: > From: Julia Lawall > Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2010 11:22:38 +0100 (CET) > > > On Wed, 20 Jan 2010, David Miller wrote: > > > >> From: Vlad Yasevich > >> Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2010 13:10:10 -0500 > >> > >> > > >> > > >> > Julia Lawall wrote: > >> >> From: Julia Lawall > >> >> > >> >> The variable newinet is initialized twice to the same (side effect-free) > >> >> expression. Drop one initialization. > >> >> > >> >> A simplified version of the semantic match that finds this problem is: > >> >> (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/) > >> >> > >> >> // > >> >> @forall@ > >> >> idexpression *x; > >> >> identifier f!=ERR_PTR; > >> >> @@ > >> >> > >> >> x = f(...) > >> >> ... when != x > >> >> ( > >> >> x = f(...,<+...x...+>,...) > >> >> | > >> >> * x = f(...) > >> >> ) > >> >> // > >> >> > >> >> Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall > >> > > >> > Acked-by: Vlad Yasevich > >> > >> Julia, just like patch #3 this one had the missing final > >> line of the patch corrupting it, so you'll need to resubmit. > > > > I have generated and sent it again, but this time I don't see the problem. > > If there is still a problem, perhaps you could send me back the patch you > > received? > > You dropped Vlad' ACK in your re-submission. > > I'll fix it up this time, but please accumulate ACK's when > resubmitting patches merely for the purpose of fixing some > technical submission problem. > > Thanks. OK, I will keep that in mind. Is the new one better than the old one? Because in my local copies, they are the same... julia -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/