linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] tty: serdev: fix serdev_device

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Date:   Wed, 3 May 2017 20:44:07 +0300
From:   Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
To:     Johan Hovold <johan@...nel.org>
Cc:     Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        "linux-serial@...r.kernel.org" <linux-serial@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Andrey Smirnov <andrew.smirnov@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] tty: serdev: fix serdev_device_write return value

On Tue, May 2, 2017 at 12:25 PM, Johan Hovold <johan@...nel.org> wrote:
> On Mon, May 01, 2017 at 07:17:14PM -0500, Rob Herring wrote:

>> -     return ret < 0 ? ret : (count ? -ETIMEDOUT : 0);
>> +     return ret < 0 ? ret : (count ? -ETIMEDOUT : wr_cnt);
>
> That's some nasty use of the ternary operator. Ditching it completely
> would be more readable.
>
>         if (ret < 0)
>                 return ret;
>
>         if (count)
>                 return -ETIMEDOUT;
>
>         return wr_count;


While I agree on the first part, I would go still with one ternary at the end:

            return count ? -ETIMEDOUT : wr_count;

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko