linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] KVM: arm: Use PTR_ERR_OR

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Message-ID: <20171204194049.GH32397@cbox>
Date:   Mon, 4 Dec 2017 20:40:49 +0100
From:   Christoffer Dall <cdall@...nel.org>
To:     "Gomonovych, Vasyl" <gomonovych@...il.com>
Cc:     Christoffer Dall <cdall@...aro.org>,
        Christoffer Dall <christoffer.dall@...aro.org>,
        marc.zyngier@....com, eric.auger@...hat.com,
        andre.przywara@....com, wanghaibin.wang@...wei.com,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, kvmarm@...ts.cs.columbia.edu,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] KVM: arm: Use PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO()

On Mon, Dec 04, 2017 at 12:11:22PM +0100, Gomonovych, Vasyl wrote:
> Hi Christoffer
> 
> It is just syntax sugar of course
> and in mentioned function context it looks harmonically because it is
> in the end of function return statement.
> But in context of around source files it is looks not so harmonically because
> existing code uses old approach.
> And this old approach is only in one place here.
> So it is just a try to fix the warning and may be force to use it in a
> future changes.

ok, thanks.
-Christoffer