Re: [PATCH] dmaengine: sf-pdma: Reduce scope for the variable “vd

Re: [PATCH] dmaengine: sf-pdma: Reduce scope for the variable “vd

[Vinod Koul]

On 09-12-20, 21:00, Markus Elfring wrote:
> From: Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net>
> Date: Wed, 9 Dec 2020 20:55:05 +0100
> 
> A local variable was used only within an else branch.
> Thus move the definition for the variable “vd” into the corresponding
> code block.
> 
> This issue was detected by using the Coccinelle software.

And what was the issue detected...?

I feel this is fine and patch below does not add much value..

> 
> Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net>
> ---
>  drivers/dma/sf-pdma/sf-pdma.c | 3 +--
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/dma/sf-pdma/sf-pdma.c b/drivers/dma/sf-pdma/sf-pdma.c
> index c4c4e8575764..c66da79a1b34 100644
> --- a/drivers/dma/sf-pdma/sf-pdma.c
> +++ b/drivers/dma/sf-pdma/sf-pdma.c
> @@ -164,7 +164,6 @@ static void sf_pdma_free_chan_resources(struct dma_chan *dchan)
>  static size_t sf_pdma_desc_residue(struct sf_pdma_chan *chan,
>  				   dma_cookie_t cookie)
>  {
> -	struct virt_dma_desc *vd = NULL;
>  	struct pdma_regs *regs = &chan->regs;
>  	unsigned long flags;
>  	u64 residue = 0;
> @@ -180,7 +179,7 @@ static size_t sf_pdma_desc_residue(struct sf_pdma_chan *chan,
>  	if (cookie = tx->cookie) {
>  		residue = readq(regs->residue);
>  	} else {
> -		vd = vchan_find_desc(&chan->vchan, cookie);
> +		struct virt_dma_desc *vd = vchan_find_desc(&chan->vchan, cookie);
>  		if (!vd)
>  			goto out;
> 
> --
> 2.29.2

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~Vinod