# Re: \[PATCH 1/1\] virtio-blk: remove unneeded "likely" statements

- From: Stefan Hajnoczi \<stefanha@redhat.com\>
- Date: 2021-09-02 15:00:41 
- List: virtualization
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/virtualization/2021/09/6405166
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/kvm/2021/08/6405114/t.md

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On Mon, Aug 30, 2021 at 03:01:11PM +0300, Max Gurtovoy wrote:
> Usually we use "likely/unlikely" to optimize the fast path. Remove
> redundant "likely" statements in the control path to ease on the code.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Max Gurtovoy <mgurtovoy@nvidia.com>
> ---
>  drivers/block/virtio_blk.c | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

It would be nice to tweak the commit description before merging this. I
had trouble parsing the second sentence. If I understand correctly the
purpose of this patch is to make the code simpler and easier to read:

  s/ease on the code/simplify the code and make it easier to read/

Reviewed-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>
```