Re: [PATCH -next] fs/xfs: convert comma to semicolon

From: Joe Perches
Date: Fri Dec 11 2020 - 11:57:28 EST


On Fri, 2020-12-11 at 16:17 +0000, David Laight wrote:
> From: Eric Sandeen
> > Sent: 11 December 2020 15:51
> >
> > On 12/11/20 2:41 AM, Zheng Yongjun wrote:
> > > Replace a comma between expression statements by a semicolon.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Zheng Yongjun <zhengyongjun3@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > hah, that's an old one. Harmless though, AFAICT.
> >
> > this fixes 91cca5df9bc8 ("[XFS] implement generic xfs_btree_delete/delrec")
> > if we dare add that tag ;)
>
> It doesn't 'fix' anything, it is just stylistic.
> Completely harmless in every sense.

True, so it's not necessary to add a fixes tag here.

The only time a comma->semicolon conversion could 'fix'
something is when it's unintentionally used after something
like an if statement

if (foo)
bar(),
baz();

where now baz() is performed only when the if condition is true
but the indentation indicates that it should always be performed.