Re: [v4l-dvb-maintainer] [PATCH 3/3] V4L: cinergyT2, remove bad usage of ERESTARTSYS

From: Alan Cox
Date: Wed Oct 10 2007 - 11:59:42 EST


On Wed, Oct 10, 2007 at 12:35:41PM -0300, Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote:
> Em Qua, 2007-10-10 às 00:18 -0400, Michael Krufky escreveu:
> >
> > Is this illegal as per kernel codingstyle?
>
> Yes, it is. CodingStyle states:

<rant>
No.. "Illegal" means prohibited by law. Its merely wrong 8)
</rant>

> The proper fix is just to replace the offended code by this:
>
> err=foo();
> if (error)
> goto error;

Lots of code uses

if ((err = foo()) < 0)

so I would'y worry too much. The split one however clearer and also
safer.

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