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

From: Jakub Kicinski <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2022 20:15:56 -0700

On Wed, 27 Jul 2022 17:41:46 +0800 Li zeming wrote:
> The temporary variable ret could be removed and the corresponding state
> can be directly returned.

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.