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Re: [PATCH 2/3] net: macb: Fix more coding style issues

From David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject Re: [PATCH 2/3] net: macb: Fix more coding style issues
Date 2016-03-07 19:50 +0100
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From: Moritz Fischer <moritz.fischer@ettus.com>
Date: Mon,  7 Mar 2016 08:17:38 -0800

> @@ -945,6 +943,7 @@ static int macb_rx_frame(struct macb *bp, unsigned int first_frag,
>  static int macb_rx(struct macb *bp, int budget)
>  {
>  	int received = 0;
> +	int dropped;
>  	unsigned int tail;
>  	int first_frag = -1;
>  
> @@ -968,7 +967,6 @@ static int macb_rx(struct macb *bp, int budget)
>  		}
>  
>  		if (ctrl & MACB_BIT(RX_EOF)) {
> -			int dropped;
>  			BUG_ON(first_frag == -1);
>  
>  			dropped = macb_rx_frame(bp, first_frag, tail);

I totally disagree with moving local variable declarations up to the
top-most scope.

It is always best to keep them in the inner-most scope.

This is also not even mentioned in your commit message at all.

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[PATCH 2/3] net: macb: Fix more coding style issues Moritz Fischer <moritz.fischer@ettus.com> - 2016-03-07 17:20 +0100
  Re: [PATCH 2/3] net: macb: Fix more coding style issues Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> - 2016-03-07 18:30 +0100
  Re: [PATCH 2/3] net: macb: Fix more coding style issues David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> - 2016-03-07 19:50 +0100
    Re: [PATCH 2/3] net: macb: Fix more coding style issues Moritz Fischer <moritz.fischer@ettus.com> - 2016-03-07 20:50 +0100

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