>> We have got different preferences for the placement of error code settings. > Yes we do, so what's the point? Both are OK. Can a function implementation be executed a bit faster in the case that error codes will usually only matter if they would be set after a concrete software failure > Please don't go down that road it opens so much potential for needless bikeshedding > and waste all of our (including your) time. I would appreciate to clarify involved run time consequences a bit more. Regards, Markus -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kernel-janitors" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html