linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 00/10 linux-next] drivers/usb: remove unnecessary break after goto/return

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Date:	Thu, 24 Jul 2014 17:46:42 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Fabian Frederick <fabf@...net.be>
To:	Oliver Neukum <oneukum@...e.de>
Cc:	usb-storage@...ts.one-eyed-alien.net, joe@...ches.com,
	gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-usb@...r.kernel.org, linux-omap@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/10 linux-next] drivers/usb: remove unnecessary break
 after goto/return



> On 24 July 2014 at 13:37 Oliver Neukum <oneukum@...e.de> wrote:
>
>
> On Thu, 2014-07-24 at 10:18 +0200, Fabian Frederick wrote:
> > Small patchset addressing break redundancy on drivers/usb branch
> > (suggested by Joe Perches).
>
> Frankly, that is not a good idea. Somebody will remove a "goto"
> and forget to readd the "break"

No problem ; checkpatch would give a warning anyway. See "Possible switch
case/default not preceeded by break or fallthrough comment"

Regards,
Fabian
>
>       Regards
>               Oliver
>
>
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