linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] staging: silicom: fix 'return is not a function, parentheses are not required' in bpctl

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Message-ID: <1386314303.31845.20.camel@joe-AO722>
Date:	Thu, 05 Dec 2013 23:18:23 -0800
From:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:	Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
Cc:	Will Tange <bh34rt@...il.com>, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org,
	devel@...verdev.osuosl.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: silicom: fix 'return is not a function,
 parentheses are not required' in bpctl_mod.c

On Fri, 2013-12-06 at 10:11 +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 05, 2013 at 03:29:22PM -0800, Joe Perches wrote:
> > On Fri, 2013-12-06 at 02:21 +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> > > On Thu, Dec 05, 2013 at 03:09:15PM -0800, Joe Perches wrote:
> > > > On Fri, 2013-12-06 at 01:50 +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> > > > > On Thu, Dec 05, 2013 at 10:23:53PM +0100, Will Tange wrote:
> > 
> > Ah.
> > 
> > Then maybe use a single ?: or a ! instead
> > 
> > 	return ret ? 0 : 1;
> > or
> > 	return !ret;
> > 
> 
> You still have to handle the negative.
> 
> 	if (ret < 0)
> 		return ret;
> 
> 	return !ret;

Of course.  Apologies for not being clear.  I meant
using that ?: or ! after the first if (ret < 0) as
you wrote.

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