On Sat, Apr 28, 2012 at 04:57:35PM +0200, walter harms wrote: > > > Am 20.04.2012 15:15, schrieb Dan Carpenter: > > "stat" is always zero here. The condition used to be needed, but we > > shifted stuff around in 0f0b270f90 "[media] ngene: CXD2099AR Common > > Interface driver". > > > > This doesn't change how the code works, it's just a bit tidier. > > > > Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> > > > > diff --git a/drivers/media/dvb/ngene/ngene-core.c b/drivers/media/dvb/ngene/ngene-core.c > > index f129a93..3985738 100644 > > --- a/drivers/media/dvb/ngene/ngene-core.c > > +++ b/drivers/media/dvb/ngene/ngene-core.c > > @@ -1409,10 +1409,8 @@ static int ngene_start(struct ngene *dev) > > if (stat < 0) > > goto fail; > > > > - if (!stat) > > - return stat; > > + return 0; > > > > - /* otherwise error: fall through */ > > fail: > > ngwritel(0, NGENE_INT_ENABLE); > > free_irq(dev->pci_dev->irq, dev); > > it seems more logical to use the positive exit in this case like: > > if (stat >=0) > return 0; > > instead of jumping over return 0: > I would say it's more readable to handle the error condition as a special case instead of handling the normal success case as special. It's better to be consistent instead of changing back and forth: if (error condition) return ret; if (error condition) return ret; if (success conditi) return ret; if (error condition) return ret; regards, dan carpenter -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-media" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
