Re: [PATCH linux-next] RDMA: simplify if-if to if-else

From: Leon Romanovsky
Date: Wed Mar 30 2022 - 08:56:55 EST


On Wed, Mar 30, 2022 at 12:26:51PM +0000, Haakon Bugge wrote:
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> > On 30 Mar 2022, at 13:32, Leon Romanovsky <leon@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> > On Wed, Mar 30, 2022 at 11:06:03AM +0000, Haakon Bugge wrote:
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> >>> On 30 Mar 2022, at 13:02, Leon Romanovsky <leon@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> >>> On Mon, Mar 28, 2022 at 09:08:59PM +0800, Guo Zhengkui wrote:
> >>>> `if (!ret)` can be replaced with `else` for simplification.
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> >>>> Signed-off-by: Guo Zhengkui <guozhengkui@xxxxxxxx>
> >>>> ---
> >>>> drivers/infiniband/hw/irdma/puda.c | 4 ++--
> >>>> drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx4/mcg.c | 3 +--
> >>>> 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
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> >>> Thanks,
> >>> Reviewed-by: Leon Romanovsky <leonro@xxxxxxxxxx>
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> >> Fix the unbalanced curly brackets at the same time?
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> > I think that it is ok to have if () ... else { ... } code.
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> Hmm, doesn't the kernel coding style say:
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> "Do not unnecessarily use braces where a single statement will do."
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> [snip]
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> "This does not apply if only one branch of a conditional statement is a single statement; in the latter case use braces in both branches"

ok, if it is written in documentation, let's follow it.

Thanks for pointing that out.

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> Thxs, Håkon
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> > There is one place that needs an indentation fix, in mlx4, but it is
> > faster to fix when applying the patch instead of asking to resubmit.
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> > thanks
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> >> Thxs, Håkon
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