linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 04/18] staging: gasket: device registration error and unregister fixups

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Message-ID: <CAO3upoYjXOKN2O+ZQuS_LfiWd3PnzAZ5UB4xHivMSFgqaNBtcQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Mon, 16 Jul 2018 14:15:51 -0700
From:   Todd Poynor <toddpoynor@...il.com>
To:     Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
Cc:     Rob Springer <rspringer@...gle.com>,
        John Joseph <jnjoseph@...gle.com>,
        Ben Chan <benchan@...omium.org>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        devel@...verdev.osuosl.org, Zhongze Hu <frankhu@...omium.org>,
        lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Simon Que <sque@...omium.org>,
        Guenter Roeck <groeck@...omium.org>,
        Todd Poynor <toddpoynor@...gle.com>,
        Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@...omium.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 04/18] staging: gasket: device registration error and
 unregister fixups

>>  fail1:
>>       class_destroy(internal->class);
>>
>> +fail0:
>
> GW-BASIC sytle label names are an anti-pattern.  It's better to name the
> labels after what they do, just like function names describes what the
> function does.  Here it would be "goto clear_desc;" or something.  It
> doesn't have to be perfect but so long as you *try* to name it something
> useful that's better than not trying.
>
>> +     mutex_lock(&g_mutex);
>>       g_descs[desc_idx].driver_desc = NULL;
>> +     mutex_unlock(&g_mutex);
>>       return ret;
>>  }
>
> regards,
> dan carpenter

Thanks, I'll fix up the newly-added one in a respin of this patch and
fix up existing labels in a future patch.

-- 
Todd