Re: [PATCH] iio: humidity: htc100c: Fix checkpatch warn unnecessary else

[David Lechner <dlechner@baylibre.com>]

On 8/1/26 8:44 PM, Adi Nata wrote:
> Checkpatch warning:

Making checkpatch happy is not a good reason for a change on it's own.
It is only there for guidance. It is not a strict rule that has to be
followed.

I think this is a good change because it reduces duplication of the
return statements and eliminates an unreachable break statement. So
write the commit message with that reasoning and don't mention checkpatch.

> 
> WARNING:UNNECESSARY_ELSE: else is not generally useful after a break or return
> +			return IIO_VAL_FRACTIONAL;
> +		} else {
> 
> Signed-off-by: Adi Nata <adinata.softwareengineer@gmail.com>
> ---
>  drivers/iio/humidity/hdc100x.c | 4 +---
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/iio/humidity/hdc100x.c b/drivers/iio/humidity/hdc100x.c
> index bc452cc8fbcf..38903239fb9a 100644
> --- a/drivers/iio/humidity/hdc100x.c
> +++ b/drivers/iio/humidity/hdc100x.c
> @@ -229,13 +229,11 @@ static int hdc100x_read_raw(struct iio_dev *indio_dev,
>  		if (chan->type == IIO_TEMP) {
>  			*val = 165000;
>  			*val2 = 65536;
> -			return IIO_VAL_FRACTIONAL;
>  		} else {
>  			*val = 100000;
>  			*val2 = 65536;
> -			return IIO_VAL_FRACTIONAL;
>  		}
> -		break;
> +		return IIO_VAL_FRACTIONAL;
>  	case IIO_CHAN_INFO_OFFSET:
>  		*val = -15887;
>  		*val2 = 515151;