linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] staging: r8188eu: core: remove goto statement

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Message-ID: <7dc4eba4-c009-b8b7-bc08-5b608bdf86a0@lwfinger.net>
Date:   Mon, 25 Oct 2021 10:15:50 -0500
From:   Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>
To:     Saurav Girepunje <saurav.girepunje@...il.com>,
        phil@...lpotter.co.uk, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org,
        straube.linux@...il.com, fmdefrancesco@...il.com,
        linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     saurav.girepunje@...mail.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: r8188eu: core: remove goto statement

On 10/25/21 07:15, Saurav Girepunje wrote:
> Remove the goto statement from rtw_do_join(). In this function goto
> can be replace by return statement. As on goto label exit, function only
> return it is not performing any cleanup. Avoiding goto will improve
> the function readability.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Saurav Girepunje <saurav.girepunje@...il.com>
> ---

You need to read section 14 of Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst to 
learn how to submit a revised patch. Resubmitting such a revision using the same 
subject line is likely to confuse reviewers and maintainers alike, if not 
patchworks.

Larry

>   drivers/staging/r8188eu/core/rtw_ioctl_set.c | 11 ++++-------
>   1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/r8188eu/core/rtw_ioctl_set.c b/drivers/staging/r8188eu/core/rtw_ioctl_set.c
> index 2b54cdfa9d6e..411b06e135be 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/r8188eu/core/rtw_ioctl_set.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/r8188eu/core/rtw_ioctl_set.c
> @@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ u8 rtw_do_join(struct adapter *padapter)
>   			ret = _FAIL;
>   		}
> 
> -		goto exit;
> +		return ret;
>   	} else {
>   		int select_ret;
> 
> @@ -78,10 +78,9 @@ u8 rtw_do_join(struct adapter *padapter)
> 
>   				rtw_generate_random_ibss(pibss);
> 
> -				if (rtw_createbss_cmd(padapter) != _SUCCESS) {
> -					ret =  false;
> -					goto exit;
> -				}
> +				if (rtw_createbss_cmd(padapter) != _SUCCESS)
> +					return false;
> +
>   				pmlmepriv->to_join = false;
>   			} else {
>   				/*  can't associate ; reset under-linking */
> @@ -102,8 +101,6 @@ u8 rtw_do_join(struct adapter *padapter)
>   		}
>   	}
> 
> -exit:
> -
>   	return ret;
>   }
> 
> --
> 2.33.0
>