linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/9] OpenVZ kernel based checkpointing/restart

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:	Wed, 03 Sep 2008 16:26:29 +0200
From:	Cedric Le Goater <clg@...ibm.com>
To:	Louis.Rilling@...labs.com
CC:	Andrey Mirkin <major@...nvz.org>,
	containers@...ts.linux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/9] OpenVZ kernel based checkpointing/restart

 
> Forgot a global comment: you will probably get the same (rather pointless for a
> proof of concept, IMHO) requests as Oren got, to
> 1) improve coding style:
>   a) especially avoid error handling like:
> 	err = foo();
> 	if (!err)
> 		err = bar();
> 	if (!err)
> 		err = baz();
> 
> and prefer
> 	err = foo();
> 	if (err)
> 		goto foo_err;
> 	err = bar();
> 	...
> 
>   b) do not write conditions on a single line, like
> 	if (foo) bar;
> 
> 2) put arch-dependent code in arch/ subdirs.
> 3) I probably forgot other ones.

./scripts/checkpatch.pl catches most of it (and it does catch a few on your 
patches)

but Dave is even better ! :) 

Cheers, 

C.

 
> I obviously do not personally request you to take these requests into account ;)

--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/