Re: [PATCH v2 2/7] staging: qlge: Remove gotos from ql_set_mac_addr_reg

From: Joe Perches
Date: Thu Apr 30 2020 - 06:03:12 EST


On Thu, 2020-04-30 at 12:38 +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 29, 2020 at 09:33:04PM -0400, Rylan Dmello wrote:
> > As suggested by Joe Perches, this patch removes the 'exit' label
> > from the ql_set_mac_addr_reg function and replaces the goto
> > statements with break statements.
[]
> > diff --git a/drivers/staging/qlge/qlge_main.c b/drivers/staging/qlge/qlge_main.c
[]
> > @@ -336,22 +336,20 @@ static int ql_set_mac_addr_reg(struct ql_adapter *qdev, u8 *addr, u32 type,
> >
> > status = ql_wait_reg_rdy(qdev, MAC_ADDR_IDX, MAC_ADDR_MW, 0);
> > if (status)
> > - goto exit;
> > + break;
>
> Just "return status". A direct return is immediately clear but with a
> break statement then you have to look down a bit and then scroll back.

To me, 6 of 1, half dozen of other as
all the case breaks could be returns.

So either form is fine with me.

The old form was poor through.