linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] update checkpatch.pl to version 0.08

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Date:	Tue, 24 Jul 2007 12:19:16 +0100
From:	Andy Whitcroft <apw@...dowen.org>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
CC:	"Kok, Auke" <auke-jan.h.kok@...el.com>,
	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net>,
	Joel Schopp <jschopp@...tin.ibm.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] update checkpatch.pl to version 0.08

Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Tue, 24 Jul 2007 10:06:51 +0100 Andy Whitcroft <apw@...dowen.org> wrote:
> 
>>> This is a royal pain, since it now throws an ERROR for the obviously
>>> preferable piece of code below:
>>>
>>> if (err) {
>>>     do_something();
>>>     return -ERR;
>>> } else {
>>>     do_somthing_else();
>>> }
>> Hmmm, is that obviouly nicer than the below?  Its fully a line longer
>> for no benefit.  But ignoring that, this seems to have snuck in to
>> CodingStyle hmmm ... will see what I can do if anything to stop these
>> being picked up I guess.
>>
>> 	if (err) {
>> 		do_something();
>> 		return -ERR;
>> 	} else
>> 		do_something_else();
> 
> The kool kids on linux-usb-devel largely ended up deciding that the second
> version looks dorky.
> 
> Especially if there's a comment over do_something_else(), and if there's
> not a comment, perhaps there should be?
> 
>> Andrew, as you merged the change to CodingStyle I'll take that as your
>> being ok with these being accepted.
> 
> It's very marginal and is sure to get people hot and bothered.  I'd suggest
> that checkpatch be neutral on that.

Ok, now if either the preceeding block or following block has {}'s then
we don't report this block for being one line long.  We will miss some
this way, but hey.

-apw
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