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Date:	Wed, 16 Mar 2011 08:59:17 +0100
From:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:	mingo@...hat.com, hpa@...or.com, acme@...hat.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, fweisbec@...il.com,
	masami.hiramatsu.pt@...achi.com, tglx@...utronix.de, mingo@...e.hu
Cc:	linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [tip:perf/core] perf probe: Clean up probe_point_lazy_walker()
 return value

On Tue, 2011-03-15 at 23:18 +0000, tip-bot for Ingo Molnar wrote:

> perf probe: Clean up probe_point_lazy_walker() return value

> --- a/tools/perf/util/probe-finder.c
> +++ b/tools/perf/util/probe-finder.c
> @@ -1328,7 +1328,7 @@ static int probe_point_lazy_walker(const char *fname, int lineno,
>  	 * Continue if no error, because the lazy pattern will match
>  	 * to other lines
>  	 */
> -	return ret < 0 ?: 0;
> +	return ret < 0 ? ret : 0;
>  }

It is a slight change in semantics though, the return value will now be
negative instead of 1. If its used as a boolean that's fine, but still.

I'd have changed it to:

  return ret < 0;

Which is identical to the previous statement.

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