On Wed, 1 Mar 2017, SIMRAN SINGHAL wrote: > On Tue, Feb 28, 2017 at 2:49 AM, Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > On Mon, 27 Feb 2017, simran singhal wrote: > > > >> This patch fixes the checkpatch warning that else is not generally > >> useful after a break or return. > >> > >> This was done using Coccinelle: > >> @@ > >> expression e2; > >> statement s1; > >> @@ > >> if(e2) { ... return ...; } > >> -else > >> s1 > > > > One might be surprised that the following code was detected using the > > above semantic patch, because in the code below there is no return in the > > if branches. Actually, as a special feature, when one has an if branch > > that ends in return, Coccinelle will skip through any gotos and see if the > > return is matched afterward. Indeed it is a common pattern to have > > > > if (...) { > > foo(x); > > bar(y); > > return -ENOMEM; > > } > > > > But the code can also be cut up as eg > > > > if (...) { > > ret = -ENOMEM; > > goto out; > > } > > ... > > out: > > foo(x); > > bar(y); > > return ret; > > > > To avoid having to write multiple patterns for these cases, Coccinelle > > will just jump through the return in the second case, allowing the same > > pattern to match both of them. > > > Julia, Thanks for explaination. Its really helpful. > > But I think there is no problem in removing else. > Because it will execute this > > padapter->dvobjpriv.inirp_init(padapter); > > when if condition will not satisfy. It seems ok to me. julia > > > julia > > > >> > >> Signed-off-by: simran singhal <singhalsimran0@xxxxxxxxx> > >> --- > >> drivers/staging/rtl8712/os_intfs.c | 3 +-- > >> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) > >> > >> diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8712/os_intfs.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8712/os_intfs.c > >> index 8836b31..3062167 100644 > >> --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8712/os_intfs.c > >> +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8712/os_intfs.c > >> @@ -411,8 +411,7 @@ static int netdev_open(struct net_device *pnetdev) > >> goto netdev_open_error; > >> if (!padapter->dvobjpriv.inirp_init) > >> goto netdev_open_error; > >> - else > >> - padapter->dvobjpriv.inirp_init(padapter); > >> + padapter->dvobjpriv.inirp_init(padapter); > >> r8712_set_ps_mode(padapter, padapter->registrypriv.power_mgnt, > >> padapter->registrypriv.smart_ps); > >> } > >> -- > >> 2.7.4 > >> > >> -- > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "outreachy-kernel" group. > >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to outreachy-kernel+unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx. > >> To post to this group, send email to outreachy-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx. > >> To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/outreachy-kernel/1488219268-3006-3-git-send-email-singhalsimran0%40gmail.com. > >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > >> > _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/driverdev-devel