On Wed, 2017-02-22 at 20:54 +0100, Arend Van Spriel wrote:
>
> On 21-2-2017 11:28, Marcin Rokicki wrote:
> > The empty 'return;' statement in a void function should be
> > used to return from somewhere else than the end.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Marcin Rokicki <marcin.rokicki@xxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >
> > Changes for v2
> > -remove only return statement instead of empty err label
> > which can be used in the future
> >
> > ---
> > drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/core.c | 2 +-
> > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/core.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/core.c
> > index 59729aa..a22d3c9 100644
> > --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/core.c
> > +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/core.c
> > @@ -2311,7 +2311,7 @@ static void ath10k_core_register_work(struct work_struct *work)
> > /* TODO: It's probably a good idea to release device from the driver
> > * but calling device_release_driver() here will cause a deadlock.
> > */
> > - return;
> > + ;
>
> Not exactly what I meant. Just drop the whole line include semicolon.
gcc doesn't support a goto label without a
statement immediately before the end-of-function.
ie:
void foo(void)
{
goto err;
err:
}
fails to compile.
