On Mon, 2017-02-27 at 23:44 +0530, simran singhal wrote: > This patch fixes the checkpatch warning that else is not generally > useful after a break or return. [] > diff --git a/drivers/staging/sm750fb/ddk750_swi2c.c b/drivers/staging/sm750fb/ddk750_swi2c.c [] > @@ -295,8 +294,7 @@ static long sw_i2c_write_byte(unsigned char data) > > if (i < 0xff) > return 0; > - else > - return -1; > + return -1; Assuming -1 is some sort of error, it'd be a more common style to use if (i >= 0xff) return -1; return 0; Looking at the code, it might make sense to use something like: /* SDA still != 0 */ if (i >= 0xff) return -1; return 0; } -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fbdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html