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SubjectRe: [PATCH linux-next] KVM: selftests: remove redundant variable tsc_val
On Wed, Aug 31, 2022 at 7:31 AM <cgel.zte@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> From: Jinpeng Cui <cui.jinpeng2@zte.com.cn>
>
> Return value directly from expression instead of
> getting value from redundant variable tsc_val.

Nit: I think you mean 'superfluous' rather than 'redundant'?

> Reported-by: Zeal Robot <zealci@zte.com.cn>
> Signed-off-by: Jinpeng Cui <cui.jinpeng2@zte.com.cn>
> ---
> tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/x86_64/processor.h | 5 ++---
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/x86_64/processor.h b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/x86_64/processor.h
> index 0cbc71b7af50..75920678f34d 100644
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/x86_64/processor.h
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/x86_64/processor.h
> @@ -237,7 +237,6 @@ static inline uint64_t get_desc64_base(const struct desc64 *desc)
> static inline uint64_t rdtsc(void)
> {
> uint32_t eax, edx;
> - uint64_t tsc_val;
> /*
> * The lfence is to wait (on Intel CPUs) until all previous
> * instructions have been executed. If software requires RDTSC to be
> @@ -245,8 +244,8 @@ static inline uint64_t rdtsc(void)
> * execute LFENCE immediately after RDTSC
> */
> __asm__ __volatile__("lfence; rdtsc; lfence" : "=a"(eax), "=d"(edx));
> - tsc_val = ((uint64_t)edx) << 32 | eax;
> - return tsc_val;
> +
> + return ((uint64_t)edx) << 32 | eax;
> }

This does beg the question: "Why?"

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