linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 04/15] staging: exfat: Clean up return codes

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Date:   Thu, 24 Oct 2019 12:27:47 -0400
From:   "Valdis Klētnieks" <valdis.kletnieks@...edu>
To:     Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 04/15] staging: exfat: Clean up return codes - FFS_PERMISSIONERR

On Thu, 24 Oct 2019 09:23:33 -0700, Joe Perches said:
> On Thu, 2019-10-24 at 11:53 -0400, Valdis Kletnieks wrote:

> >  	if (err) {
> > -		if (err == FFS_PERMISSIONERR)
> > +		if (err == -EPERM)
> >  			err = -EPERM;
> >  		else if (err == FFS_INVALIDPATH)
> >  			err = -EINVAL;
>
> These test and assign to same value blocks look kinda silly.

One patch, one thing.  Those are getting cleaned up in a subsequent patch.:)

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