linux-kernel - Re: drm/i915/gvt: Use common error handling code in shadow_workload_ring

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Message-ID: <636f6272-9074-53dc-2c90-cbb4a7cd0901@users.sourceforge.net>
Date:   Tue, 24 Oct 2017 15:17:47 +0200
From:   SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
To:     Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@...ux.intel.com>,
        dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org, intel-gfx@...ts.freedesktop.org,
        intel-gvt-dev@...ts.freedesktop.org
Cc:     David Airlie <airlied@...ux.ie>,
        Joonas Lahtinen <joonas.lahtinen@...ux.intel.com>,
        Rodrigo Vivi <rodrigo.vivi@...el.com>,
        Zhenyu Wang <zhenyuw@...ux.intel.com>,
        Zhi Wang <zhi.a.wang@...el.com>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: drm/i915/gvt: Use common error handling code in
 shadow_workload_ring_buffer()

>> Add a jump target so that a call of the function "gvt_vgpu_err" is stored
>> only once at the end of this function implementation.
>> Replace two calls by goto statements.
>>
>> This issue was detected by using the Coccinelle software.
> 
> I don't think this is an issue or an improvement.

Do you care for the detail how often an error message is stored in the code?

Regards,
Markus