Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 29 Jul 2022 09:00:07 +0200 | From | Jiri Pirko <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] sched/net/act: Remove temporary state variables |
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Fri, Jul 29, 2022 at 08:51:21AM CEST, kuba@kernel.org wrote: >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.
Code backports of what where? Are you talking about: 1) mainline kernels 2) distrubutions kernels? Or even worse, in-house kernels of companies?
If 2), I believe it is not relevant for the upstream discussion, at all.
>There's little benefit and we're getting multiple such patches a day.
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