Re: [PATCH v2 0/6] net-PPP: Deletion of a few unnecessary checks

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Hi Markus,

On 20.12.2014 15:45, SF Markus Elfring wrote:
>> I'm saying to leave the code alone.
> 
> Do I need to try another interpretation out for your feedback?
> 
> 
>> If it goes:
>> 
>> 	var = foo_that_returns_ptr_err()
>> 	if (IS_ERR(var))
>> 		return PTR_ERR(var);
>> 
>> 	p->bar = var;
>> 
>> or whatever, simply keep it that way!
> 
> Do you want to express here that a data structure member should
> only be set after a previous function call succeeded?
> 

I think what David said was pretty clear: If you see code like the above
there is no need to refactor it. That does not mean that this is the
_preferred_ way of error handling. Its just good enough to be left alone.

Regards,
Lino
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