linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] usb: isp1760: compress return logic into one line

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Date:   Mon, 10 Jul 2017 14:58:11 -0500
From:   "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <garsilva@...eddedor.com>
To:     Oliver Neukum <oneukum@...e.com>
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-usb@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] usb: isp1760: compress return logic into one line

Hi Oliver,

Quoting Oliver Neukum <oneukum@...e.com>:

> Am Sonntag, den 09.07.2017, 21:00 -0500 schrieb  Gustavo A. R. Silva :
>> Simplify return logic to avoid unnecessary variable assignment.
>>
>> This issue was detected using Coccinelle and the following
>> semantic patch:
>>
>
> Hi,
>
> I need to ask: Where is the improvement? The compiler does not bother
> and for the human reader you do not do anything obvious and you
> decreased grepability.
>

The declaration of local variable _retval_ was removed also.
So both, variable declaration and assignment removal are the improvements.

Regarding the greability, I think that depends on the context.

Thanks!
--
Gustavo A. R. Silva