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

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:

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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.