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From: SF Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net>
To: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com>,
	Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@lip6.fr>
Cc: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	kernel-janitors@vger.kernel.org, Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>,
	OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@mail.parknet.co.jp>,
	Coccinelle <cocci@systeme.lip6.fr>,
	backports@vger.kernel.org,
	Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>,
	"Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@suse.com>
Subject: Re: [patch] CodingStyle: add some more error handling guidelines
Date: Wed, 03 Dec 2014 13:31:19 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <547F0297.6030202@users.sourceforge.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20141202085950.GA13434@mwanda>

> diff --git a/Documentation/CodingStyle b/Documentation/CodingStyle
> index 9f28b14..9c8a234 100644
> --- a/Documentation/CodingStyle
> +++ b/Documentation/CodingStyle
> @@ -392,7 +392,12 @@ The goto statement comes in handy when a function exits from multiple
>  locations and some common work such as cleanup has to be done.  If there is no
>  cleanup needed then just return directly.
>  
> -The rationale is:
> +Choose label names which say what the goto does or why the goto exists.  An
> +[...]  Avoid
> +using GW-BASIC names like "err1:" and "err2:".  Also don't name them after the
> +goto location like "err_kmalloc_failed:"

I find this documentation approach not safe and clear enough so far.

* How should the reference to an other programming language help in the understanding
  of the recommended naming convention for jump labels?

* To which source code place should the word "location" refer to?
  - jump source
  - jump target

Regards,
Markus

       reply	other threads:[~2014-12-03 12:31 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <20141202085950.GA13434@mwanda>
2014-12-03 12:31 ` SF Markus Elfring [this message]
2014-12-03 12:39   ` [patch] CodingStyle: add some more error handling guidelines Arend van Spriel
2014-12-03 12:51     ` SF Markus Elfring
2014-12-03 12:45   ` Dan Carpenter
2014-12-03 12:52     ` Julia Lawall
2014-12-03 13:15       ` Dan Carpenter
2014-12-03 13:00     ` SF Markus Elfring
2014-12-03 13:20       ` Dan Carpenter
2014-12-03 13:24         ` SF Markus Elfring
2014-12-03 14:08           ` Arend van Spriel
2014-12-03 16:00             ` SF Markus Elfring
2014-12-03 19:13               ` Arend van Spriel
2014-12-03 23:11                 ` SF Markus Elfring

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