Re: [PATCH] ravb: Use common error handling code in ravb_probe()

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Hi Markus,

On Sat, Oct 28, 2017 at 7:19 PM, SF Markus Elfring
<elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2017 19:10:08 +0200
>
> Add a jump target so that a bit of exception handling can be better reused
> at the end of this function.
>
> This issue was detected by using the Coccinelle software.
>
> Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/ravb_main.c | 32 ++++++++++++++++----------------
>  1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/ravb_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/ravb_main.c
> index a8822a756e08..62dbdf7de6cd 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/ravb_main.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/ravb_main.c
> @@ -2069,10 +2069,9 @@ static int ravb_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>                 irq = platform_get_irq_byname(pdev, "ch22");
>         else
>                 irq = platform_get_irq(pdev, 0);
> -       if (irq < 0) {
> -               error = irq;
> -               goto out_release;
> -       }
> +       if (irq < 0)
> +               goto failure_indication;

IMHO, it's really confusing that "irq" contains the error code, not "error".
Especially when jumping to a meaningless label named "failure_indication"
("irq_failure" would be more intuitive).

So I prefer the original code, regardless of the label name.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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