On 04/23/2014 07:25 AM, Davidlohr Bueso wrote:
> On Wed, 2014-04-23 at 07:07 +0200, Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) wrote:
>> On 04/23/2014 04:53 AM, Davidlohr Bueso wrote:
>>> - Breakup long function names/args.
>>> - Cleaup variable declaration.
>>> - s/current->mm/mm
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Davidlohr Bueso <davidl...@hp.com>
>>> ---
>>> ipc/shm.c | 40 +++++++++++++++++-----------------------
>>> 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/ipc/shm.c b/ipc/shm.c
>>> index f000696..584d02e 100644
>>> --- a/ipc/shm.c
>>> +++ b/ipc/shm.c
>>> @@ -480,15 +480,13 @@ static const struct vm_operations_struct shm_vm_ops =
>>> {
>>> static int newseg(struct ipc_namespace *ns, struct ipc_params *params)
>>> {
>>> key_t key = params->key;
>>> - int shmflg = params->flg;
>>> + int id, error, shmflg = params->flg;
>>
>> It's largely a matter of taste (and I may be in a minority), and I know
>> there's certainly precedent in the kernel code, but I don't much like the
>> style of mixing variable declarations that have initializers, with other
>> unrelated declarations (e.g., variables without initializers). What is
>> the gain? One less line of text? That's (IMO) more than offset by the
>> small loss of readability.
>
> Yes, it's taste. And yes, your in the minority, at least in many core
> kernel components and ipc.
I figured so. Just giving the minority a small voice ;-).
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