>>> Add a jump target so that a bit of exception handling can be better reused >>> in an if branch of this function. > >> Hmm. Doesn't really gain an awful lot this. Would understand if there were >> multiple return paths, but in that case I'd have implemented something like >> this anyway. Also your patch description isn't really correct. You're re-using >> code from the sunny day scenario to handle an exception. > > Other people have given him similar feedback on his other patches with > this pattern. I'm not intending to apply any of them. I can offer another bit of information for a software development discussion. 💭 The affected source file can be compiled for the processor architecture “x86_64” by a tool like “GCC 6.4.1+r251631-1.3” from the software distribution “openSUSE Tumbleweed” with the following command example. my_cc=/usr/bin/gcc-6 \ && my_module=sound/soc/codecs/da7218.o \ && for XYZ in 0 s 3; do echo " _____ $XYZ _____" \ && my_extra="-O$XYZ" \ && git checkout ':/^ASoC: da7218: Delete two error messages for a failed memory allocation in da7218_of_to_pdata' \ && make -j4 CC="${my_cc}" HOSTCC="${my_cc}" EXTRA_CFLAGS="${my_extra}" allmodconfig "${my_module}" \ && size "${my_module}" \ && git checkout ':/^ASoC: da7218: Use common error handling code in da7218_of_to_pdata' \ && make -j4 CC="${my_cc}" HOSTCC="${my_cc}" EXTRA_CFLAGS="${my_extra}" allmodconfig "${my_module}" \ && size "${my_module}"; done 🔮 Do you find the following differences worth for further clarification? ╔═════════╤══════╗ ║ setting │ text ║ ╠═════════╪══════╣ ║ O0 │ -25 ║ ║ Os │ -14 ║ ║ O3 │ +11 ║ ╚═════════╧══════╝ 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