>> The variable "status" will be set to an appropriate value a bit later. >> Thus omit the explicit initialisation at the beginning. > > What did you try to achieve by this patch? I would like to optimise the affected source files a bit. Would you like to clarify any measurable effects around the implementation detail when various variables will only be initialised immediately before they will be read again? Regards, Markus -- 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