linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2 v3] pinctrl: make a copy of pinmux map

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Date:	Wed, 30 Nov 2011 16:22:58 +0100
From:	Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
To:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd.bergmann@...aro.org>
Cc:	Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...ricsson.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Stephen Warren <swarren@...dia.com>,
	Grant Likely <grant.likely@...retlab.ca>,
	Barry Song <21cnbao@...il.com>,
	Shawn Guo <shawn.guo@...escale.com>,
	Thomas Abraham <thomas.abraham@...aro.org>,
	Dong Aisheng <dong.aisheng@...aro.org>,
	Rajendra Nayak <rajendra.nayak@...aro.org>,
	Haojian Zhuang <haojian.zhuang@...vell.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2 v3] pinctrl: make a copy of pinmux map

On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 2:30 PM, Arnd Bergmann <arnd.bergmann@...aro.org> wrote:

> Reviewed-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...aro.org>

Thanks!

>> +     int ret = 0;
(...)
>
> A trick pointed out by Rusty Russell in a recent blog post [1] is to
> not initialize the return value initially, but always set it only
> in the error path so that the compiler can warn you when you ever
> forget setting it in one path.

Clever! I do away with ret altogether in the next patch though,
so I'll remember this another time. Maybe even something for
checkpatch to react on...

Yours,
Linus Walleij
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