linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 2/7] staging: qlge: Remove gotos from ql_set_mac_addr

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Date:   Thu, 30 Apr 2020 03:03:07 -0700
From:   Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:     Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>,
        Rylan Dmello <mail@...an.coffee>
Cc:     Manish Chopra <manishc@...vell.com>, GR-Linux-NIC-Dev@...vell.com,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/7] staging: qlge: Remove gotos from
 ql_set_mac_addr_reg

On Thu, 2020-04-30 at 12:38 +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 29, 2020 at 09:33:04PM -0400, Rylan Dmello wrote:
> > As suggested by Joe Perches, this patch removes the 'exit' label
> > from the ql_set_mac_addr_reg function and replaces the goto
> > statements with break statements.
[]
> > diff --git a/drivers/staging/qlge/qlge_main.c b/drivers/staging/qlge/qlge_main.c
[]
> > @@ -336,22 +336,20 @@ static int ql_set_mac_addr_reg(struct ql_adapter *qdev, u8 *addr, u32 type,
> >  
> >  		status = ql_wait_reg_rdy(qdev, MAC_ADDR_IDX, MAC_ADDR_MW, 0);
> >  		if (status)
> > -			goto exit;
> > +			break;
> 
> Just "return status".  A direct return is immediately clear but with a
> break statement then you have to look down a bit and then scroll back.

To me, 6 of 1, half dozen of other as
all the case breaks could be returns.

So either form is fine with me.

The old form was poor through.