linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] printk: Clean up do

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Message-ID: <20170801073813.GB513@jagdpanzerIV.localdomain>
Date:   Tue, 1 Aug 2017 16:38:13 +0900
From:   Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky.work@...il.com>
To:     Nikitas Angelinas <nikitas.angelinas@...il.com>
Cc:     Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>,
        Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@...il.com>,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] printk: Clean up do_syslog() error handling

On (07/29/17 20:36), Nikitas Angelinas wrote:
> The error variable in do_syslog() is preemptively set to the error code
> before the error condition is checked, and then set to 0 if the error
> condition is not encountered. This is not necessary, as it is likely
> simpler to return immediately upon encountering the error condition. A
> redundant set of the error variable to 0 is also removed.
> 
> This patch has been build-tested on x86_64, but not tested for
> functionality.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Nikitas Angelinas <nikitas.angelinas@...il.com>

looks good to me,

Reviewed-by: Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@...il.com>



// p.s. Petr is on vacation now

	-ss