Re: bus_add_device() losing an error return from the probe() method

From: Rene Herman
Date: Sun Mar 26 2006 - 17:27:39 EST


Andrew Morton wrote:

Looks sane, but please don't sprinkle `return' statements all over a function in this manner.

I actually prefer the multiple returns. You then don't have to "visually scroll down" to the label to see what would happen when reading the code. Even when there's common code before the return, I've never seen GCC not optimise that to the goto form itself. You obviously the boss though.

It's a little surprising that this function returns "OK" if bus==NULL.

Note that sysfs_create_link() can fail too. This was one optimistic
function.

I assume that Greg hasn't commented yet since he's busy rewriting it all, so that'll be okay :-)

Rene.

-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/