Re: [PATCH] sched/net/act: Remove temporary state variables

Jakub Kicinski
2022-07-29T06:51:29Z

On Fri, 29 Jul 2022 08:30:35 +0200 Jiri Pirko wrote:
>> How many case like this are there in the kernel?
>> What tool are you using to find this?
>> We should focus on creating CI tools which can help catch instances of
>> this pattern in new code before it gets added, rather than cleaning up
>> old code. It just makes backports harder for hardly any gain.
>
> What backports do you have in mind exactly?

Code backports. I don't understand the question.
There's little benefit and we're getting multiple such patches a day.