Re: iio: Rename a jump label in iio_buffer_store_watermark()

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On 25/09/16 16:17, SF Markus Elfring wrote:
>> It's not an inappropriate identifier as it stands. The point is
>> that it could be better.
> 
> Thanks for your interest in clarifying further improvement possibilities.
> 
> 
>>>> Which tool is spitting it out?
>>>
>>> Are you looking for any special tool?
>> I was wondering how you identified these particular
>> issues as I wanted to know the logic behind the test.
> 
> Do you get any related ideas from information in a message like
> "Source code review around jump label usage" (from 2015-12-11)?
> 
> https://lkml.org/lkml/2015/12/11/378
> https://lkml.kernel.org/r/<566ABCD9.1060404@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> 
>>> Which test do you mean?
>> Whatever you used to find these jump labels
> 
> There is a general possibility that dedicated scripts for the semantic
> patch language can also adjust jump labels as I suggested it for five
> functions in this software.
> 
> 
>> (the patch series description suggested it was a static checker).
> 
> The corresponding five patches are just a result of a source code review
> by the means of a current text editor wit extra support for programming.
To my mind there is a divide between the cost of making changes like this
as a result of initial review and that of doing it on existing code.

I don't think this one is worth while for existing code.
> 
> How do you think about to improve the capabilities of tools for advanced
> static source code analysis any further?
> 
> Regards,
> Markus
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