Hi Markus, On Sun, Oct 29, 2017 at 11:45 AM, SF Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2017 11:33:14 +0100 > > Add a jump target so that a specific error message is stored only once > at the end of this function implementation. > Replace two calls of the function "netdev_err" by goto statements. > > This issue was detected by using the Coccinelle software. > > Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > drivers/net/usb/sr9800.c | 17 +++++++++-------- > 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/sr9800.c b/drivers/net/usb/sr9800.c > index 9277a0f228df..79cfa72c68ba 100644 > --- a/drivers/net/usb/sr9800.c > +++ b/drivers/net/usb/sr9800.c > @@ -700,10 +700,9 @@ static int sr9800_phy_powerup(struct usbnet *dev) > > /* set the embedded Ethernet PHY in power-up state */ > ret = sr_sw_reset(dev, SR_SWRESET_IPRL); > - if (ret < 0) { > - netdev_err(dev->net, "Failed to reset PHY: %d\n", ret); > - return ret; > - } > + if (ret < 0) > + goto report_reset_failure; So now I have to look below to see what error handling it does... Hence I prefer the original version, which had _less_ lines of code... > + > msleep(600); > > /* set the embedded Ethernet PHY in reset state */ > @@ -716,12 +715,14 @@ static int sr9800_phy_powerup(struct usbnet *dev) > > /* set the embedded Ethernet PHY in power-up state */ > ret = sr_sw_reset(dev, SR_SWRESET_IPRL); > - if (ret < 0) { > - netdev_err(dev->net, "Failed to reset PHY: %d\n", ret); Gcc is smart enough to optimize away the second identical string printed. > - return ret; > - } > + if (ret < 0) > + goto report_reset_failure; > > return 0; > + > +report_reset_failure: > + netdev_err(dev->net, "Failed to reset PHY: %d\n", ret); > + return ret; > } > > static int sr9800_bind(struct usbnet *dev, struct usb_interface *intf) Gr{oetje,eeting}s, Geert -- Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that. -- Linus Torvalds -- 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