>> Move an assignment for a specific error code so that it is stored only once
>> in this function implementation.
>>
>> This issue was detected by using the Coccinelle software.
>
> How?
Would you like to experiment a bit more with the following approach
for the semantic patch language?
show_same_statements3.cocci:
@duplicated_code@
identifier work;
statement s1, s2;
type T;
@@
T work(...)
{
... when any
*if ((...) < 0)
*{
...
* s1
* s2
*}
... when any
*if ((...) < 0)
*{
...
* s1
* s2
*}
... when any
}
>> @@ -1334,6 +1329,7 @@ static int ov5645_probe(struct i2c_client *client,
>>
>> power_down:
>> ov5645_s_power(&ov5645->sd, false);
>> + ret = -ENODEV;
>
> I don't think this is where people would expect you to set the error code
> in general.
This can be. - The view depends on some factors.
> It should rather take place before goto, not after it.
I proposed another software design direction.
> That'd mean another variable,
To which detail do you refer here?
> and I'm not convinced the result would improve the driver.
Can you see the relevance of a small code reduction in this function?
Regards,
Markus
