Re: [PATCH] kernel: acctc.c: Fixed else if not generally userful after a break or return warning.

[Al Viro <viro@ZenIV.linux.org.uk>]

On Wed, Sep 24, 2014 at 11:13:45PM -0400, Elshad Mustafayev wrote:
> Fixed a coding style issue.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Elshad Mustafayev <elshadimo@gmail.com>
> ---
>  kernel/acct.c | 3 +--
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/acct.c b/kernel/acct.c
> index b4c667d..ed4cf00 100644
> --- a/kernel/acct.c
> +++ b/kernel/acct.c
> @@ -376,9 +376,8 @@ static comp2_t encode_comp2_t(u64 value)
>  	if (exp > MAXEXP2) {
>  		/* Overflow. Return largest representable number instead. */
>  		return (1ul << (MANTSIZE2+EXPSIZE2-1)) - 1;
> -	} else {
> -		return (value & (MAXFRACT2>>1)) | (exp << (MANTSIZE2-1));
>  	}
> +	return (value & (MAXFRACT2>>1)) | (exp << (MANTSIZE2-1));

Just what makes the replacement easier to follow?
	if (foo)
		return bar;
	else
		return baz;
is no less idiomatic than
	if (foo)
		return bar;
	return baz;

Al, really annoyed by how the words "coding style issue" are getting used as
a magic incantation...