Here are two files `old` and `new`. The content of `old` file: ``` kasan_poison_slab(page);// shuffle = shuffle_freelist(s, page);// if (!shuffle) { for_each_object_idx(p, idx, s, start, page->objects) { setup_object(s, page, p); if (likely(idx < page->objects)) ``` The content of `new` file: ``` kasan_poison_slab(page); shuffle = shuffle_freelist(s, page); ``` When using git to compare these two files, the result is: ``` diff --git a/old b/new index 474ab07..d432a67 100644 --- a/old +++ b/new @@ -1,11 +1,6 @@ - kasan_poison_slab(page);// - - shuffle = shuffle_freelist(s, page);// - - if (!shuffle) { - for_each_object_idx(p, idx, s, start, page->objects) { - setup_object(s, page, p); - if (likely(idx < page->objects)) + kasan_poison_slab(page); + + shuffle = shuffle_freelist(s, page); ``` However, the Linux diff command gives the following result: ``` --- old 2019-12-25 00:56:40.000000000 +0800 +++ new 2019-12-25 01:12:48.000000000 +0800 @@ -1,11 +1,6 @@ - kasan_poison_slab(page);// + kasan_poison_slab(page); - shuffle = shuffle_freelist(s, page);// - - if (!shuffle) { - for_each_object_idx(p, idx, s, start, page->objects) { - setup_object(s, page, p); - if (likely(idx < page->objects)) + shuffle = shuffle_freelist(s, page); ``` I think the latter is correct because the fifth line is not changed and it's still a line which only contains a whitespace. Steps to Reproduce: curl -L https://git.io/JeFNy | base64 -d > file.tgz tar -xf file.tgz git diff --no-index old new