linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] staging: r8188eu: clean up error handling in rtw_start_drv

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Message-ID: <5fa89086-c81d-0a3d-8d0d-0bb293052c5c@gmail.com>
Date:   Sun, 6 Nov 2022 16:34:57 +0100
From:   Michael Straube <straube.linux@...il.com>
To:     Deepak R Varma <drv@...lo.com>
Cc:     gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, Larry.Finger@...inger.net,
        phil@...lpotter.co.uk, linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: r8188eu: clean up error handling in
 rtw_start_drv_threads()

On 11/6/22 15:35, Deepak R Varma wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 06, 2022 at 02:34:43PM +0100, Michael Straube wrote:
>> Convert the error handling in the function rtw_start_drv_threads() to
>> the common logic used in the kernel. Another step to get rid of _FAIL
>> and _SUCCESS which uses inverted logic.
> 
> Hello Michael,
> Can you please tell how did you find this opportunity for improvement? Are you
> using some tool or is it a manual code review/analysis?
> 

Hi Deepak,

I just used git grep to search for _FAIL or _SUCCESS and then looked at
the code manually.

Regards,
Michael