On 11/08/2017 03:39 AM, Joe Perches wrote: > On Wed, 2017-11-08 at 12:40 +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote: >> On Wed, Nov 08, 2017 at 10:20:48AM +0100, Greg KH wrote: >>> On Tue, Nov 07, 2017 at 07:45:03PM -0500, Joshua Abraham wrote: >>>> This patch fixes the checkpatch.pl warning: >>>> "CHECK: multiple assignments should be avoided" >>>> >>>> Signed-off-by: Joshua Abraham <j.abraham1...@gmail.com> >>>> --- >>>> drivers/staging/fsl-dpaa2/ethernet/dpaa2-eth.c | 3 ++- >>>> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) >>>> >>>> diff --git a/drivers/staging/fsl-dpaa2/ethernet/dpaa2-eth.c >>>> b/drivers/staging/fsl-dpaa2/ethernet/dpaa2-eth.c >>>> index 0d8ed002adcb..384218946108 100644 >>>> --- a/drivers/staging/fsl-dpaa2/ethernet/dpaa2-eth.c >>>> +++ b/drivers/staging/fsl-dpaa2/ethernet/dpaa2-eth.c >>>> @@ -1661,7 +1661,8 @@ static void set_fq_affinity(struct dpaa2_eth_priv >>>> *priv) >>>> * This may well change at runtime, either through irqbalance or >>>> * through direct user intervention. >>>> */ >>>> - rx_cpu = txc_cpu = cpumask_first(&priv->dpio_cpumask); >>>> + rx_cpu = cpumask_first(&priv->dpio_cpumask); >>>> + txc_cpu = rx_cpu; >>> >>> The original code here makes much more sense, doesn't it? >>> >>> Sometimes checkpatch is wrong :) >> >> It feels like the majority of these multiple assignment warnings are >> wrong. I thought it would be a good idea at first but after looking at >> a bunch of the patches it feels like we should just remove the check. > > I don't have a particular opinion one way or another. > > That bit was added to CodingStyle by Randy Dunlap back > in 2006 by > > commit b3fc9941fbc6efe5cb77728adb0fb12be363e73e > Author: Randy Dunlap <randy.dun...@oracle.com> > Date: Sun Dec 10 02:18:56 2006 -0800 > > [PATCH] CodingStyle updates > > Add some kernel coding style comments, mostly pulled from emails > by Andrew Morton, Jesper Juhl, and Randy Dunlap. > > - add paragraph on switch/case indentation (with fixes) > - add paragraph on multiple-assignments > - add more on Braces > - add section on Spaces; add typeof, alignof, & __attribute__ with sizeof; > add more on postfix/prefix increment/decrement operators > - add paragraph on function breaks in source files; add info on > function prototype parameter names > - add paragraph on EXPORT_SYMBOL placement > - add section on /*-comment style, long-comment style, and data > declarations and comments > - correct some chapter number references that were missed when > chapters were renumbered > > Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dun...@oracle.com> > Acked-by: Jesper Juhl <jesper.j...@gmail.com> > Acked-by: Jan Engelhardt <jeng...@gmx.de> > Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <a...@osdl.org>
So it was. I would certainly support removing it. I suspect I copied that from someone else's email. My personal style would be to allow that. -- ~Randy _______________________________________________ devel mailing list de...@linuxdriverproject.org http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/driverdev-devel
