Re: [PATCH 1/3] NFC-mei_phy: Refactoring for mei_nfc_connect()

Joe Perches
2016-01-03T07:29:33Z

On Sun, 2016-01-03 at 08:00 +0100, SF Markus Elfring wrote:
> > >         r = 0;
> > > -
> > > -err:
> > > +free_reply:
> > >         kfree(reply);
> > > +free_cmd:
> > >         kfree(cmd);
> > > -
> >
> > Why are you deleting the two blank lines here?
>
> Can they be unnecessary at this source code place
> according to the Linux coding style convention?

As far as I know, there's no linux specific accepted
convention for blank lines preceding labels.

My personal preference is for a blank line before a
new block, but not before the second and subsequent
labels in an error handling block.