linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/5] blk-throttle: Move an assignment for the variable "ret" in tg_set

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Date:   Mon, 23 Jan 2017 10:16:10 +0100
From:   Johannes Thumshirn <jthumshirn@...e.de>
To:     SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
Cc:     linux-block@...r.kernel.org, Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/5] blk-throttle: Move an assignment for the variable
 "ret" in tg_set_conf()

On Sun, Jan 22, 2017 at 09:32:19AM +0100, SF Markus Elfring wrote:
> From: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
> Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2017 21:40:38 +0100
> 
> A local variable was set to an error code before a concrete error situation
> was detected. Thus move the corresponding assignment into an if branch
> to indicate a software failure there.
> 
> This issue was detected by using the Coccinelle software.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
> ---

See my answer to the last patch.

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