linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/13 v2] [SCSI] qla2xxx: make return of 0 explicit

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Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.10.1405200735210.3003@hadrien>
Date:	Tue, 20 May 2014 07:36:48 +0800 (SGT)
From:	Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...6.fr>
To:	Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
cc:	Saurav Kashyap <saurav.kashyap@...gic.com>,
	Dept-Eng QLA2xxx Upstream <qla2xxx-upstream@...gic.com>,
	"kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org" <kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org>,
	"James E.J. Bottomley" <JBottomley@...allels.com>,
	linux-scsi <linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/13 v2] [SCSI] qla2xxx: make return of 0 explicit



On Mon, 19 May 2014, Dan Carpenter wrote:

> On Mon, May 19, 2014 at 04:07:52PM +0000, Saurav Kashyap wrote:
> > Hi Julia,
> >
> > Status is already set to 0 at the beginning of the function, I think
> > we should just "return status" here to be consistent with the rest of
> > the function.
>
> "return 0;" is more clear than "return status;".
>
> Consistency is great so long as it makes the code easier to read.  Don't
> lose track of the real goal.

If status were an informative word, there might be a reason for it.  But
integer typed functions almost always return their status, so there is no
real information.

julia
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