The local tail variable in n_tty_read() is used for one purpose, it keeps the old tail. Thus, rename it appropriately to improve code readability. Signed-off-by: Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/tty/n_tty.c | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/tty/n_tty.c b/drivers/tty/n_tty.c index 597019690ae6..c8f56c9b1a1c 100644 --- a/drivers/tty/n_tty.c +++ b/drivers/tty/n_tty.c @@ -2130,7 +2130,7 @@ static ssize_t n_tty_read(struct tty_struct *tty, struct file *file, ssize_t retval = 0; long timeout; bool packet; - size_t tail; + size_t old_tail; /* * Is this a continuation of a read started earler? @@ -2193,7 +2193,7 @@ static ssize_t n_tty_read(struct tty_struct *tty, struct file *file, } packet = tty->ctrl.packet; - tail = ldata->read_tail; + old_tail = ldata->read_tail; add_wait_queue(&tty->read_wait, &wait); while (nr) { @@ -2282,7 +2282,7 @@ static ssize_t n_tty_read(struct tty_struct *tty, struct file *file, if (time) timeout = time; } - if (tail != ldata->read_tail) + if (old_tail != ldata->read_tail) n_tty_kick_worker(tty); up_read(&tty->termios_rwsem); -- tg: (15730dc45dc7..) tty/rename-tail (depends on: tty-next)