>> @@ -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... Yes. - Can this be an usual consequence if you apply information from the section “7) Centralized exiting of functions” in the document “coding-style.rst” a bit more? > Hence I prefer the original version, which had _less_ lines of code... My update suggestion is only one line “bigger” in this case, isn't it? I propose an other source code layout so that a bit smaller executable object code could be achieved. Do find such a software design direction feasible? 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