> The variables{files, file} will definitely be assigned, I find an other specification nicer for these identifiers. > so we don't need to initialize them. I suggest to recheck programming concerns around the handling of the null pointer for the variable “file”. https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/fs/proc/fd.c?id=caffb99b6929f41a69edbb5aef3a359bf45f3315#n20 https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v5.7-rc6/source/fs/proc/fd.c#L20 Will another imperative wording be preferred for the change description? https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst?id=caffb99b6929f41a69edbb5aef3a359bf45f3315#n151 Regards, Markus