Re: [patch]cleanup and error reporting for sound/core/init.c

[Oliver Neukum <oneukum@suse.de>]

Am Freitag, 12. Januar 2007 18:42 schrieb Takashi Iwai:
> At Fri, 12 Jan 2007 14:49:57 +0100,
> Oliver Neukum wrote:
> > 
> > +	} else {
> > +		 if (idx < snd_ecards_limit) {
> > +			if (snd_cards_lock & (1 << idx))
> > +				err = -EBUSY;	/* invalid */
> > +		} else if (idx < SNDRV_CARDS)
> > +				snd_ecards_limit = idx + 1; /* increase the limit */
> > +			else
> > +				err = -ENODEV;
> 
> The indent looks strange in the above three lines.
> Also, for me it's not much better than before... :)
> (all if's are comparisons of idx with other values.)

Hi,

OK, how about this one? The original indentation makes the control
flow very hard to follow.

	Regards
		Oliver

Signed-off-by: Oliver Neukum <oneukum@suse.de>
--

--- sound/core/init.c.alt	2007-01-12 14:26:47.000000000 +0100
+++ sound/core/init.c	2007-01-13 07:34:29.000000000 +0100
@@ -114,22 +114,28 @@
 	if (idx < 0) {
 		int idx2;
 		for (idx2 = 0; idx2 < SNDRV_CARDS; idx2++)
+			/* idx == -1 == 0xffff means: take any free slot */
 			if (~snd_cards_lock & idx & 1<<idx2) {
 				idx = idx2;
 				if (idx >= snd_ecards_limit)
 					snd_ecards_limit = idx + 1;
 				break;
 			}
-	} else if (idx < snd_ecards_limit) {
-		if (snd_cards_lock & (1 << idx))
-			err = -ENODEV;	/* invalid */
-	} else if (idx < SNDRV_CARDS)
-		snd_ecards_limit = idx + 1; /* increase the limit */
-	else
-		err = -ENODEV;
+	} else {
+		 if (idx < snd_ecards_limit) {
+			if (snd_cards_lock & (1 << idx))
+				err = -EBUSY;	/* invalid */
+		} else {
+			if (idx < SNDRV_CARDS)
+				snd_ecards_limit = idx + 1; /* increase the limit */
+			else
+				err = -ENODEV;
+		}
+	}
 	if (idx < 0 || err < 0) {
 		mutex_unlock(&snd_card_mutex);
-		snd_printk(KERN_ERR "cannot find the slot for index %d (range 0-%i)\n", idx, snd_ecards_limit - 1);
+		snd_printk(KERN_ERR "cannot find the slot for index %d (range 0-%i), error: %d\n",
+			 idx, snd_ecards_limit - 1, err);
 		goto __error;
 	}
 	snd_cards_lock |= 1 << idx;		/* lock it */