linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 5/9] staging: ks7010: Delete unnecessary uses of the variable "retval"

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Message-ID: <20160721062726.GC1664@katana>
Date:	Thu, 21 Jul 2016 08:27:26 +0200
From:	Wolfram Sang <wsa@...-dreams.de>
To:	SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
Cc:	Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...6.fr>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	devel@...verdev.osuosl.org, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/9] staging: ks7010: Delete unnecessary uses of the
 variable "retval"


> >>>  	if (atomic_read(&priv->sleepstatus.status) == 0) {
> >>>  		rw_data = GCR_B_DOZE;
> >>> -		retval =
> >>> -		    ks7010_sdio_write(priv, GCR_B, &rw_data, sizeof(rw_data));
> >>> -		if (retval) {
> >>> +		if (ks7010_sdio_write(priv,
> >>> +				      GCR_B,
> >>> +				      &rw_data,
> >>> +				      sizeof(rw_data))) {
> >>
> >> A multi-line function call in an if test does not look nice at all.  The
> >> original code was an easy-to-read expectable pattern.
> > 
> > I agree. I am not strict on the 80 char limit, especially in cases like
> > the above.
> 
> Would you try an other source code formatting for the suggested change pattern?

I don't understand the question?


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