Re: [PATCH 5/8] minnowboard-gpio: Export MinnowBoard expansion GPIO

From: Darren Hart
Date: Fri Jun 28 2013 - 00:27:42 EST


On Thu, 2013-06-27 at 11:18 +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> On Wed, 2013-06-26 at 09:21 -0700, Darren Hart wrote:
> > On Wed, 2013-06-26 at 10:55 +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
>
> > > > + out:
> > > > + return err;
> > >
> > > Are you planning to add something else to 'out' path?
> > > Otherwise I think it will look better if you do return instead of
> > > [useless] gotos.
> >
> > I suppose this is a matter of preference. I am allergic to multiple
> > return points. However, your argument is consistent with CodingStyle
> > Chapter 7 in that it states "and some common work such as cleanup has to
> > be done." If that "and" is a required sort of &&, then I should change
> > it. Do others have a strong opinion here?
>
> There was recently similar discussion. Author finally agreed to change:
> http://www.spinics.net/lists/arm-kernel/msg252108.html
>
> "I did say in the changelog I opted for goto over return. But since
> everybody keeps preferring returns..."

OK, I'll fix that up in V2 and use that model in the future. Thank you
for being persistent.

--
Darren Hart
Intel Open Source Technology Center
Yocto Project - Technical Lead - Linux Kernel

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