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Date:	Thu, 13 Nov 2014 01:05:40 +0300
From:	Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
To:	SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
Cc:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	devel@...verdev.osuosl.org, trivial@...nel.org,
	kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Coccinelle <cocci@...teme.lip6.fr>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] staging: rtl8188eu: Better memory clean-up in
 efuse_phymap_to_logical()

On Wed, Nov 12, 2014 at 10:50:37PM +0100, SF Markus Elfring wrote:
> >> +		goto cleanup1;
> > 
> > 1) Don't use GW-BASIC label names.  Label names should reflect what the
> > label does such as free_fuse_word or free_fuse_tabel.
> > 
> > 2) Don't use do-nothing labels.  Just return directly.
> 
> Does the document "CodingStyle" need any extensions for special cases?

I don't understand.

> Are there any update candidates in the chapter "7: Centralized exiting of functions"?

CodingStyle says:

"If there is no cleanup needed then just return directly."

What is not clear about that?

regards,
dan carpenter

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