linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/11] cpufreq: governor: Use common global_dbs

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Date:	Thu, 4 Feb 2016 11:08:24 +0530
From:	Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>
To:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>
Cc:	Saravana Kannan <skannan@...eaurora.org>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>,
	Linux PM list <linux-pm@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Srinivas Pandruvada <srinivas.pandruvada@...ux.intel.com>,
	Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@....com>,
	Steve Muckle <steve.muckle@...aro.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/11] cpufreq: governor: Use common global_dbs_data
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On 04-02-16, 02:25, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> You are talking about something like this now:
> 
>     if (condition)
>         goto label;
> 
>     return 0;
> 
> label:
>     do stuff
> 
> I'm sorry, but I fail to see how this is easier to read than
> 
>     if (!condition)
>         return 0;
> 
>     do stuff

I have seen few people (Like Dan Carpenter), mostly coccinelle guys,
saying that we should write code like this:

if (error)
        ...

return success;

Though I should accept that I would have written code the way Rafael
has done this time, but those people get back everytime :)

-- 
viresh