linux-kernel - Re: iio: Rename a jump label in iio_buffer_store

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Date:   Sun, 25 Sep 2016 15:23:49 +0100
From:   Jonathan Cameron <jic23@...nel.org>
To:     SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
Cc:     linux-iio@...r.kernel.org, Hartmut Knaack <knaack.h@....de>,
        Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@...afoo.de>,
        Peter Meerwald-Stadler <pmeerw@...erw.net>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
        Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...6.fr>
Subject: Re: iio: Rename a jump label in iio_buffer_store_watermark()

On 25/09/16 14:00, SF Markus Elfring wrote:
>> I'm not seeing this one in there.
> 
> How much do you care about selection of appropriate identifiers in source files?
It's not an inappropriate identifier as it stands. The point is
that it could be better.
> 
> 
>> Which tool is spitting it out?
> 
> Are you looking for any special tool?
I was wondering how you identified these particular
issues as I wanted to know the logic behind the test.
> 
> 
>> Or is the test yours?
> 
> Which test do you mean?
Whatever you used to find these jump labels (the patch series
description suggested it was a static checker).
> 
> 
>> Yeah, I saw the discussion / flame war that resulted in that revert...
> 
> Would you like to share any more constructive ideas for this software evolution?
Not a lot of time at the moment, sorry.

Jonathan
> 
> Regards,
> Markus
>