> > > + unsigned short piix4_smba = adapdata->smba; > > > u8 smba_en_lo; > > > u8 port; > > > int retval; > > > + int timeout = 0; > > > + int smbslvcnt; > > > > Keep them just after your another added variable. > > FWIW, I don't think this makes sense as a general rule. I'd rather have > the variables in an order which makes sense (for human readers or for > stack size optimization - unless gcc does it for us?), rather than > always adding at the same place. Is there a rationale for doing that? I > don't think shrinking the patch size is good enough a reason. Not really. Some say "Reorder to save bytes", some say "reorder to utilize cache lines most". Unless I get some numbers showing the desired effect, I go for "most readable" approach which is subjective, of course. I'd be totally fine with the above.
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