linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 1/1] bsr: do not use assignment in if condition

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Date:   Thu, 16 May 2019 13:28:50 +0530
From:   Mukesh Ojha <mojha@...eaurora.org>
To:     parna.naveenkumar@...il.com, arnd@...db.de,
        gregkh@...uxfoundation.org
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/1] bsr: do not use assignment in if condition


On 5/15/2019 9:47 PM, parna.naveenkumar@...il.com wrote:
> From: Naveen Kumar Parna <parna.naveenkumar@...il.com>
>
> checkpatch.pl does not like assignment in if condition
>
> Signed-off-by: Naveen Kumar Parna <parna.naveenkumar@...il.com>
Reviewed-by: Mukesh Ojha <mojha@...eaurora.org>

Cheers,
-Mukesh

> ---
> Changes in v3:
> The first patch has an extra space in if statement, so fixed it in v2 but
> forgot add what changed from the previous version. In v3 added the
> complete change history.
>
>   drivers/char/bsr.c | 3 ++-
>   1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/char/bsr.c b/drivers/char/bsr.c
> index a6cef548e01e..70de334554a8 100644
> --- a/drivers/char/bsr.c
> +++ b/drivers/char/bsr.c
> @@ -322,7 +322,8 @@ static int __init bsr_init(void)
>   		goto out_err_2;
>   	}
>   
> -	if ((ret = bsr_create_devs(np)) < 0) {
> +	ret = bsr_create_devs(np);
> +	if (ret < 0) {
>   		np = NULL;
>   		goto out_err_3;
>   	}