linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/4] GPU-DRM-Etnaviv: Delete unnecessary if statement in __etnaviv_gem

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Message-ID: <57924CC2.5030309@bfs.de>
Date:	Fri, 22 Jul 2016 18:41:38 +0200
From:	walter harms <wharms@....de>
To:	SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
CC:	dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org,
	Christian Gmeiner <christian.gmeiner@...il.com>,
	David Airlie <airlied@...ux.ie>,
	Lucas Stach <l.stach@...gutronix.de>,
	Russell King <linux+etnaviv@...linux.org.uk>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
	Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...6.fr>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/4] GPU-DRM-Etnaviv: Delete unnecessary if statement
 in __etnaviv_gem_new()



Am 22.07.2016 17:48, schrieb SF Markus Elfring:
> From: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
> Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2016 16:45:22 +0200
> 
> Move a return statement into a block for successful function execution.
> Omit a duplicate check for the local variable "ret" then at the end.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
> ---
>  drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_gem.c | 6 +-----
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 5 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_gem.c
> index 8eee742..851a8ba 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_gem.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_gem.c
> @@ -661,13 +661,9 @@ static struct drm_gem_object *__etnaviv_gem_new(struct drm_device *dev,
>  		 */
>  		mapping = obj->filp->f_mapping;
>  		mapping_set_gfp_mask(mapping, GFP_HIGHUSER);
> +		return obj;
>  	}
>  
> -	if (ret)
> -		goto fail;
> -
> -	return obj;
> -
>  fail:
>  	drm_gem_object_unreference_unlocked(obj);
>  	return ERR_PTR(ret);


>From the program flow an readability it would be more nice the branch on error

 ret = drm_gem_object_init(dev, obj, size);
 if (ret)
	goto fail;


just m 2 cents

re,
 wh