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From: Adrian McMenamin <adrian@mcmen.demon.co.uk>
To: Paul Mundt <lethal@linux-sh.org>
Cc: Alsa-devel <alsa-devel@lists.sourceforge.net>,
	linux-sh <linuxsh-dev@lists.sourceforge.net>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [linuxsh-dev] [PATCH] ALSA driver for Yamaa AICA on Sega Dreamcast
Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2006 21:00:36 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1145304037.9244.27.camel@localhost.localdomain> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20060417012913.GA16821@linux-sh.org>


> 
> > +	/* AICA has no capture ability */
> > +	if ((err =
> > +	     snd_pcm_new(dreamcastcard->card, "AICA PCM", pcm_index, 1, 0,
> > +			 &pcm)) < 0)
> > +		return err;
> 
> Weird notation, linux kernel style would be:
> 
> 	err = snc_pcm_new(...);
> 	if (unlikely(err < 0))
> 		return err;
> 
> please refactor accordingly.
> 

Actually this sort of formulation is common in the kernel as any grep
will show. In fact I copied it directly from the guide to writing ALSA
drivers:

http://www.alsa-project.org/~iwai/writing-an-alsa-driver/x447.htm

But I am happy to change it.


  parent reply	other threads:[~2006-04-17 20:00 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <1145232784.12804.2.camel@localhost.localdomain>
2006-04-17  1:29 ` [linuxsh-dev] [PATCH] ALSA driver for Yamaa AICA on Sega Dreamcast Paul Mundt
2006-04-17  9:44   ` [Alsa-devel] " Adrian McMenamin
2006-04-17 20:00   ` Adrian McMenamin [this message]
2006-04-17 21:47     ` Lee Revell
2006-04-17 22:05       ` Christoph Hellwig
2006-04-17 22:15         ` Lee Revell
2006-04-18 10:17         ` Takashi Iwai
2006-04-18 11:52           ` Christoph Hellwig

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