[PATCH -next] powerpc64/ftrace: Drop pointless static qualifier in is_b_op()

Naveen N. Rao naveen.n.rao at linux.vnet.ibm.com
Wed Nov 14 01:26:07 AEDT 2018


YueHaibing wrote:
> There is no need to have the 'intoffset' variable static since new value
> always be assigned before use it.
> 
> Signed-off-by: YueHaibing <yuehaibing at huawei.com>
> ---
>  arch/powerpc/kernel/trace/ftrace.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/trace/ftrace.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
> index 4bf051d..65248d4 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
> @@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ static int is_b_op(unsigned int op)
> 
>  static unsigned long find_bl_target(unsigned long ip, unsigned int op)
>  {
> -	static int offset;
> +	int offset;

That seems to go all the way back to the original commit by Steven.
Good catch.
Reviewed-by: Naveen N. Rao <naveen.n.rao at linux.vnet.ibm.com>

- Naveen




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