Re: [PATCH 3.16 29/87] staging: iio: cdc: Don't put an else right after a return

From: Joe Perches
Date: Wed Oct 02 2019 - 17:36:38 EST


On Wed, 2019-10-02 at 20:06 +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> 3.16.75-rc1 review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

This doesn't look necessary.

> ------------------
>
> From: Catalina Mocanu <catalina.mocanu@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> commit 288903f6b91e759b0a813219acd376426cbb8f14 upstream.
>
> This fixes the following checkpatch.pl warning:
> WARNING: else is not generally useful after a break or return.
>
> While at it, remove new line for symmetry with the rest of the code.
>
> Signed-off-by: Catalina Mocanu <catalina.mocanu@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/staging/iio/cdc/ad7150.c | 10 +++-------
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
>
> --- a/drivers/staging/iio/cdc/ad7150.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/iio/cdc/ad7150.c
> @@ -143,19 +143,15 @@ static int ad7150_read_event_config(stru
> case IIO_EV_TYPE_MAG_ADAPTIVE:
> if (dir == IIO_EV_DIR_RISING)
> return adaptive && (threshtype == 0x1);
> - else
> - return adaptive && (threshtype == 0x0);
> + return adaptive && (threshtype == 0x0);
> case IIO_EV_TYPE_THRESH_ADAPTIVE:
> if (dir == IIO_EV_DIR_RISING)
> return adaptive && (threshtype == 0x3);
> - else
> - return adaptive && (threshtype == 0x2);
> -
> + return adaptive && (threshtype == 0x2);
> case IIO_EV_TYPE_THRESH:
> if (dir == IIO_EV_DIR_RISING)
> return !adaptive && (threshtype == 0x1);
> - else
> - return !adaptive && (threshtype == 0x0);
> + return !adaptive && (threshtype == 0x0);
> default:
> break;
> }
>