Re: [PATCH] Minor coding style fix

["Aneesh Kumar K.V" <aneesh.kumar@gmail.com>]

Jesper Juhl wrote:
> On 08/10/06, Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Kernel generally follow the style
>>
>> if (func()) {
>> /* failed case */
>> } else {
>> /* success */
>> }
>>
>>
> 
> Please submit patches inline, having to copy them from attachments to
> be able to reply is a pain.
> 
>>
>> diff --git a/kernel/sys.c b/kernel/sys.c
>> index 98489d8..55cb77c 100644
>> --- a/kernel/sys.c
>> +++ b/kernel/sys.c
>> @@ -517,7 +517,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(srcu_notifier_call_cha
>>  void srcu_init_notifier_head(struct srcu_notifier_head *nh)
>>  {
>>      mutex_init(&nh->mutex);
>> -    if (init_srcu_struct(&nh->srcu) < 0)
>> +    if (init_srcu_struct(&nh->srcu))
>>          BUG();
>>      nh->head = NULL;
>>  }
> 
> I really liked the old code better. If in the future
> init_srcu_struct() is changed to also return >0 for some conditions,
> then that would not previously have triggered BUG(), but after your
> changes it will. The code, as it were, perfectly expressed what it
> wanted to happen - if it returns less than zero it's a BUG().
> I say leave it alone.
> 
> 


As per Documentation/CodingStyle 

"Functions can return values of many different kinds, and one of the
most common is a value indicating whether the function succeeded or
failed.  Such a value can be represented as an error-code integer
(-Exxx = failure, 0 = success) or a "succeeded" boolean (0 = failure,
non-zero = success)."

That means if the function need to indicate success it should be made to return 0. 
I don't see any other value being returned from init_srcu_struct. Also having a consistent
style of if() check make code reading easier.

-aneesh