On Sat, 12 Jun 2021 12:00:14 +0100, Austin Kim <austindh.kim@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > From: Austin Kim <austin.kim@xxxxxxx> > > Normally local variable 'flags' is defined out of for loop, > when 'flags' is used as the second parameter in a call to > spinlock_irq[save/restore] function. > > So it had better declear local variable 'flags' ahead of for loop. Why better? Reducing the scope of a variable is in general good practice. Do you see any material advantage in moving this variable out of the loop? Does the compiler generate better code? Thanks, M. -- Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible. _______________________________________________ kvmarm mailing list kvmarm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/mailman/listinfo/kvmarm
