linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] fix a code style in drivers/char/virtio

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Date:	Tue, 18 May 2010 13:41:29 +0800
From:	Steven Liu <lingjiujianke@...il.com>
To:	Amit Shah <amit.shah@...hat.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fix a code style in drivers/char/virtio_console.c

Hi, Amit,

    if 'err' initialised in this path, it needn't do err = -ENOMEM
after,isn't it?



Best regards


2010/5/18 Amit Shah <amit.shah@...hat.com>:
> On (Tue) May 18 2010 [13:17:22], Steven Liu wrote:
>> fix a code style in drivers/char/virtio_console.c
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Liu Qi <lingjiujianke@...il.com>
>
> NACK.
>
> This style is deliberate and follows Rusty's style: if we end up using
> 'err' uninitialised in some code path, it can get flagged by source
> checkers.
>
>                Amit
>
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