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Date: Mon, 4 Jan 2016 15:04:47 +0100
From: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] 390/qeth: Refactoring for qeth_core_set_online()
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To: SF Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net>
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On Mon, Jan 04, 2016 at 02:10:34PM +0100, SF Markus Elfring wrote:
> >> +++ b/drivers/s390/net/qeth_core_main.c
> >> @@ -5638,9 +5638,10 @@ static int qeth_core_set_online(struct ccwgroup_device *gdev)
> >>  {
> >>  	struct qeth_card *card = dev_get_drvdata(&gdev->dev);
> >>  	int rc;
> >> -	int def_discipline;
> >>  
> >>  	if (!card->discipline) {
> >> +		int def_discipline;
> >> +
> >>  		if (card->info.type == QETH_CARD_TYPE_IQD)
> >>  			def_discipline = QETH_DISCIPLINE_LAYER3;
> > 
> > Same here: I don't think we want to start with patches like this.
> 
> Thanks for your feedback.
> 
> 
> > This going to be a never ending story without much benefit.
> 
> Is the source code a bit clearer and safer if it will be expressed
> directly that the use of a specific variable is not intended for
> a complete function implementation but for the smaller scope
> of an if branch?

This depends on the function and what the author prefers. In this case the
function body is very small so I don't see any benefit at all.