Re: [PATCH 1/9] eeepc-laptop: clean up coding style

From: Frans Klaver
Date: Thu Sep 18 2014 - 01:01:42 EST


On 18 September 2014 00:06:52 CEST, Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>On Wed, 2014-09-17 at 23:47 +0200, Frans Klaver wrote:
>> Correct indentation and brace usage to comply with
>> Documentation/CodingStyle.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Frans Klaver <fransklaver@xxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>> drivers/platform/x86/eeepc-laptop.c | 8 +++++---
>> 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/eeepc-laptop.c
>b/drivers/platform/x86/eeepc-laptop.c
>> index 3095d38..653999e 100644
>> --- a/drivers/platform/x86/eeepc-laptop.c
>> +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/eeepc-laptop.c
>> @@ -544,7 +544,7 @@ static int eeepc_led_init(struct eeepc_laptop
>*eeepc)
>> eeepc->tpd_led.name = "eeepc::touchpad";
>> eeepc->tpd_led.brightness_set = tpd_led_set;
>> if (get_acpi(eeepc, CM_ASL_TPD) >= 0) /* if method is available */
>> - eeepc->tpd_led.brightness_get = tpd_led_get;
>> + eeepc->tpd_led.brightness_get = tpd_led_get;
>> eeepc->tpd_led.max_brightness = 1;
>>
>> rv = led_classdev_register(&eeepc->platform_device->dev,
>> @@ -692,8 +692,9 @@ static int eeepc_register_rfkill_notifier(struct
>eeepc_laptop *eeepc,
>> * changed during setup.
>> */
>> eeepc_rfkill_hotplug(eeepc, handle);
>> - } else
>> + } else {
>> return -ENODEV;
>> + }
>>
>> return 0;
>> }
>
>This sort of code:
>
> if (foo) {
> [ do_something ]
> } else
> return -ERRVAL;
>
>is generally better rewritten as:
>
> if (!foo)
> return -ERRVAL;
>
> [ do_something ]
>
>This gives immediacy to the error handler and
>as well reduces unnecessary indentation.

I fully agree.

Darren, do you still take this in one patch?

Frans

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