To move the list iterator variable into the list_for_each_entry_*() macro in the future it should be avoided to use the list iterator variable after the loop body. To *never* use the list iterator variable after the loop it was concluded to use a separate iterator variable instead of a found boolean [1]. This removes the need to use a found variable and simply checking if the variable was set, can determine if the break/goto was hit. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/CAHk-=wgRr_D8CB-D9Kg-c=EHreAsk5SqXPwr9Y7k9sA6cWXJ6w@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/ Signed-off-by: Jakob Koschel <jakobkoschel@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/spi/spidev.c | 9 +++++---- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/spi/spidev.c b/drivers/spi/spidev.c index a5cceca8b82b..2c5e685826ad 100644 --- a/drivers/spi/spidev.c +++ b/drivers/spi/spidev.c @@ -561,19 +561,20 @@ spidev_compat_ioctl(struct file *filp, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg) static int spidev_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp) { - struct spidev_data *spidev; + struct spidev_data *spidev = NULL, *iter; int status = -ENXIO; mutex_lock(&device_list_lock); - list_for_each_entry(spidev, &device_list, device_entry) { - if (spidev->devt == inode->i_rdev) { + list_for_each_entry(iter, &device_list, device_entry) { + if (iter->devt == inode->i_rdev) { status = 0; + spidev = iter; break; } } - if (status) { + if (!spidev) { pr_debug("spidev: nothing for minor %d\n", iminor(inode)); goto err_find_dev; } base-commit: f443e374ae131c168a065ea1748feac6b2e76613 -- 2.25.1