linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ALSA/ASoC: replace ternary operator with min()

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Date:   Tue, 25 Oct 2022 18:01:32 +0100
From:   Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
To:     wangkailong@...i.cn
Cc:     perex@...ex.cz, tiwai@...e.com, lgirdwood@...il.com,
        motolav@...il.com, cezary.rojewski@...el.com, mkumard@...dia.com,
        pierre-louis.bossart@...ux.intel.com, kai.vehmanen@...ux.intel.com,
        peter.ujfalusi@...ux.intel.com, alsa-devel@...a-project.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ALSA/ASoC: replace ternary operator with min()

On Tue, Oct 25, 2022 at 10:56:11PM +0800, wangkailong@...i.cn wrote:
> Fix the following coccicheck warning:
> 
> sound/soc/soc-ops.c:817: WARNING opportunity for min()

>  	kfree(uctl);
> -	return err < 0 ? err : 0;
> +	return min(err, 0);

I don't think this is a good warning, while I'm no big fan of the
ternery operator the new code is less clear about the intent than the
old code.

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