Re: [PATCH 4/5] [media] winbond-cir: One variable and its check less in wbcir_shutdown() after error detection

From: SF Markus Elfring
Date: Sat Oct 15 2016 - 12:43:14 EST


>> + /* Set CEIR_EN */
>> + wbcir_set_bits(data->wbase + WBCIR_REG_WCEIR_CTL, 0x01, 0x01);
>> +set_irqmask:
>> /*
>> * ACPI will set the HW disable bit for SP3 which means that the
>> * output signals are left in an undefined state which may cause
>> @@ -876,6 +858,14 @@ wbcir_shutdown(struct pnp_dev *device)
>> */
>> wbcir_set_irqmask(data, WBCIR_IRQ_NONE);
>> disable_irq(data->irq);
>> + return;
>> +clear_bits:
>> + /* Clear BUFF_EN, Clear END_EN, Clear MATCH_EN */
>> + wbcir_set_bits(data->wbase + WBCIR_REG_WCEIR_EV_EN, 0x00, 0x07);
>> +
>> + /* Clear CEIR_EN */
>> + wbcir_set_bits(data->wbase + WBCIR_REG_WCEIR_CTL, 0x00, 0x01);
>> + goto set_irqmask;
>
> I'm not convinced that adding a goto which goes backwards is making this
> code any more readible, just so that a local variable can be dropped.

Thanks for your feedback.

Is such a "backward jump" usual and finally required when you would like
to move a bit of common error handling code to the end without using extra
local variables and a few statements should still be performed after it?

Regards,
Markus