Re: [patch] CodingStyle: add some more error handling guidelines

[SF Markus Elfring]

> Sorry.  I misread your email.  If the code looks like this:
> 
> 	foo = kmalloc();
> 	if (!foo)
> 		goto kmalloc_failed;
> 
> The "kmalloc_failed" doesn't add any information.

I find that this such a name approach would fit to your
expectation of a source-oriented labeling of these identifiers.


> We can see that kmalloc failed from the context.

Which name pattern do you find more appropriate in such
an use case?

Regards,
Markus
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