Hello, > Is there any policy about useless variable intializations, such as: > > struct foo *x = NULL; > ... > x = kmalloc(...); > > where the original value of x is never used? Once upon a time I send a few patches regarding this issue and they were accepted although -02 flag makes both versions be the same in the end. I'd say it is a cleanup. As you said useless variable initializations are misleading. Methinks it decreases code readability as well. Mariusz -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kernel-janitors" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
