linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 11/12] sched: use for_each

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Date:   Mon, 9 Jul 2018 18:03:42 +0200
From:   Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        DRI Development <dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org>,
        Intel Graphics Development <intel-gfx@...ts.freedesktop.org>,
        Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@...el.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 11/12] sched: use for_each_if in topology.h

On Mon, Jul 09, 2018 at 05:52:04PM +0200, Daniel Vetter wrote:
> for_each_something(foo)
> 	if (foo->bla)
> 		call_bla(foo);
> 	else
> 		call_default(foo);
> 
> Totally contrived, but this complains. Liberally sprinkling {} also shuts
> up the compiler, but it's a bit confusing given that a plain for {;;} is
> totally fine. And it's confusing since at first glance the compiler
> complaining about nested if and ambigous else doesn't make sense since
> clearly there's only 1 if there.

Ah, so the pattern the compiler tries to warn about is:

	if (foo)
		if (bar)
			/* stmts1 */
		else
			/* stmts2 *

Because it might not be immediately obvious with which if the else goes.
Which is fair enough I suppose.

OK, ACK.