linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ext4: replace ternary operator with min()

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Date:   Wed, 26 Oct 2022 10:17:45 +0900
From:   Sergey Senozhatsky <senozhatsky@...omium.org>
To:     wangkailong@...i.cn
Cc:     tytso@....edu, adilger.kernel@...ger.ca, linkinjeon@...nel.org,
        sfrench@...ba.org, senozhatsky@...omium.org, tom@...pey.com,
        roman.gushchin@...ux.dev, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
        willy@...radead.org, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-cifs@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ext4: replace ternary operator with min()

On (22/10/25 22:51), wangkailong@...i.cn wrote:
[..]
> @@ -879,7 +879,7 @@ static int oplock_break(struct oplock_info *brk_opinfo, int req_op_level)
>  
>  		err = oplock_break_pending(brk_opinfo, req_op_level);
>  		if (err)
> -			return err < 0 ? err : 0;
> +			return min(err, 0);
>  
>  		if (brk_opinfo->open_trunc) {
>  			/*
> @@ -913,7 +913,7 @@ static int oplock_break(struct oplock_info *brk_opinfo, int req_op_level)
>  	} else {
>  		err = oplock_break_pending(brk_opinfo, req_op_level);
>  		if (err)
> -			return err < 0 ? err : 0;
> +			return min(err, 0);

Honestly, I don't know. My personal preference would be to keep it as is.
"return min(err, 0)" is a bit unusually looking code. Just my 2 cents.