linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] dmaengine/trivial: at_hdmac: add curly brackets to if/else expressions

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Date:	Fri, 7 Jun 2013 17:38:01 +0200
From:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:	Nicolas Ferre <nicolas.ferre@...el.com>
Cc:	Vinod Koul <vinod.koul@...el.com>,
	Ludovic Desroches <ludovic.desroches@...el.com>,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] dmaengine/trivial: at_hdmac: add curly brackets to if/else expressions

On Friday 07 June 2013, Nicolas Ferre wrote:
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/dma/at_hdmac.c b/drivers/dma/at_hdmac.c
> index 50953a7..b321562 100644
> --- a/drivers/dma/at_hdmac.c
> +++ b/drivers/dma/at_hdmac.c
> @@ -299,8 +299,9 @@ static int atc_get_bytes_left(struct dma_chan *chan)
>                 if (atchan->remain_desc < 0) {
>                         ret = -EINVAL;
>                         goto out;
> -               } else
> +               } else {
>                         ret = atchan->remain_desc;
> +               }
>         } else {

Actually the original code is what a lot of people prefer, though I don't
have a reference to back that up.

If one side of the 'else' uses curly braces, the other one should too.
	
	Arnd
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