Re: [KJ][PATCH] Correct misc_register return code handling in several drivers

Randy Dunlap
2006-11-02T00:17:34Z

On Thu, 2 Nov 2006 01:05:49 +0100 Jesper Juhl wrote:

> On 01/11/06, Neil Horman <nhorman@tuxdriver.com> wrote:
> > Hey all-
> > Since Andrew hasn't incorporated this patch yet, and I had the time, I
> > redid the patch taking Benjamin's INIT_LIST_HEAD and Joes mmtimer cleanup into
> > account. New patch attached, replacing the old one, everything except the
> > aforementioned cleanups is identical.
> >
> > Thanks & Regards
> > Neil
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Neil Horman <nhorman@tuxdriver.com>
> >
> > +out4:
> > + for_each_online_node(node) {
> > + kfree(timers[node]);
> > + }
> > +out3:
> > + misc_deregister(&mmtimer_miscdev);
> > +out2:
> > + free_irq(SGI_MMTIMER_VECTOR, NULL);
> > +out1:
> > + return -1;
>
> Very nitpicky little thing, but shouldn't the labels start at column
> 1, not column 0 ?
> I thought that was standard practice (apparently labels at column 0
> can confuse 'patch').
>
> Hmm, I guess that should be defined once and for all in
> Documentation/CodingStyle

I have some other CodingStyle changes to submit, but feel free
to write this one up.

However, I didn't know that we had a known style for this, other
than "not indented so far that it's hidden".

If a label in column 0 [0-based :] confuses patch, then that's
a reason, I suppose. I wasn't aware of that one...
In a case like that, we usually say "fix the tool then."

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~Randy