linux-kernel - Re: ASoC: da7218: Use common error handling code in da7218_of_to

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Date:   Fri, 24 Nov 2017 13:50:21 +0100
From:   SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
To:     Adam Thomson <Adam.Thomson.Opensource@...semi.com>,
        "alsa-devel@...a-project.org" <alsa-devel@...a-project.org>,
        support.opensource@...semi.com
Cc:     Jaroslav Kysela <perex@...ex.cz>,
        Liam Girdwood <lgirdwood@...il.com>,
        Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>, Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.com>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: ASoC: da7218: Use common error handling code in
 da7218_of_to_pdata()

>> Add a jump target so that a bit of exception handling can be better reused
>> in an if branch of this function.
…
> Hmm. Doesn't really gain an awful lot this.

I show just another small change possibility.


> Would understand if there were multiple return paths,
> but in that case I'd have implemented something like this anyway.

Where?

Can the suggested software refactoring become useful also for this
function implementation?


> Also your patch description isn't really correct.

Which wording would you find more appropriate?


> You're re-using code from the sunny day scenario to handle an exception.

Can this detail be better?

Regards,
Markus