Re: [PATCH 1/1 linux-next] hp100: simplify hp100_module_init

From: David Miller
Date: Sun Jan 04 2015 - 22:23:20 EST


From: Fabian Frederick <fabf@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 3 Jan 2015 14:44:16 +0100

> -Avoid double goto and directly return err where possible.
> -Remove unused labels which fixes:
>
> drivers/net/ethernet/hp/hp100.c:3047:2: warning: label
> 'out3' defined but not used [-Wunused-label]
>
> Signed-off-by: Fabian Frederick <fabf@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> This is untested.

Having a sole lone return statement that all flows of control
branch to makes the code easier to audit, than to have a huge
block where each return statement has to be audited independently
for potential cleanups.

Added to the fact that this patch is completely untested, I'm
not applying this, sorry.
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