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From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>,
	x86@kernel.org, LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	Jiri Kosina <trivial@kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [trivial PATCH] arch/x86: Remove unnecessary returns from void function()'s
Date: Tue, 11 May 2010 17:41:46 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4BE9F94A.9000907@zytor.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1273624747.20514.316.camel@Joe-Laptop.home>

On 05/11/2010 05:39 PM, Joe Perches wrote:
> This patch removes from arch/x86/ all the unnecessary
> return; statements that precede the last closing brace of
> void functions.
> 
> It does not remove returns that are immediately
> preceded by a label as gcc doesn't like that.

And the point of this is?

I fail to see how this improves the clarity of the code one iota, and
isn't anything but just churn.

	-hpa

-- 
H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
I work for Intel.  I don't speak on their behalf.


  reply	other threads:[~2010-05-12  0:48 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-05-12  0:39 [trivial PATCH] arch/x86: Remove unnecessary returns from void function()'s Joe Perches
2010-05-12  0:41 ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
2010-05-12  1:00   ` Joe Perches
2010-05-12  1:53     ` Joe Perches
2010-05-12  3:37       ` H. Peter Anvin
2010-05-12  3:51         ` Joe Perches
2010-05-12  3:58           ` H. Peter Anvin
2010-05-12  4:37             ` Joe Perches

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