Re: [PATCH 1/2] [media] m88rs6000t: Better exception handling in five functions

Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2016-01-25T17:01:43Z

Em Mon, 28 Dec 2015 15:38:54 +0100
SF Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net> escreveu:

> From: Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net>
> Date: Mon, 28 Dec 2015 15:10:30 +0100
>
> This issue was detected by using the Coccinelle software.
>
> Move the jump label directly before the desired log statement
> so that the variable "ret" will not be checked once more
> after a function call.
> Use the identifier "report_failure" instead of "err".
>
> Suggested-by: Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@lip6.fr>
> Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net>
> ---
> drivers/media/tuners/m88rs6000t.c | 154 +++++++++++++++++++-------------------
> 1 file changed, 78 insertions(+), 76 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/media/tuners/m88rs6000t.c b/drivers/media/tuners/m88rs6000t.c
> index 504bfbc..7e59a9f 100644
> --- a/drivers/media/tuners/m88rs6000t.c
> +++ b/drivers/media/tuners/m88rs6000t.c
> @@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ static int m88rs6000t_set_demod_mclk(struct dvb_frontend *fe)
> /* select demod main mclk */
> ret = regmap_read(dev->regmap, 0x15, &utmp);
> if (ret)
> - goto err;
> + goto report_failure;

Why to be so verbose? Calling it as "err" is enough, and it means less
code to type if we need to add another goto.

Regards,
Mauro