linux-kernel - Re: net: bcmasp: Use common error handling code in bcmasp

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Message-ID: <4053e838-e5cf-4450-8067-21bdec989d1b@broadcom.com>
Date:   Wed, 8 Nov 2023 09:46:47 -0800
From:   Florian Fainelli <florian.fainelli@...adcom.com>
To:     Justin Chen <justin.chen@...adcom.com>,
        Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@....de>
Cc:     Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Wojciech Drewek <wojciech.drewek@...el.com>,
        Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@...ia.fr>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
        bcm-kernel-feedback-list@...adcom.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, cocci@...ia.fr,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: net: bcmasp: Use common error handling code in bcmasp_probe()

On 11/7/23 10:48, Justin Chen wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 6, 2023 at 10:38 PM Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@....de> wrote:
>>
>>>> Add a jump target so that a bit of exception handling can be better
>>>> reused at the end of this function.
>> …
>>>> ---
>>>>   drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/asp2/bcmasp.c | 10 ++++++----
>>>>   1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>>>
>>> The diffstat proves otherwise.
>>> Please don't send such patches to networking.
>>
>> How does this feedback fit to a change possibility which was reviewed by
>> Wojciech Drewek yesterday?
>>
>> Regards,
>> Markus
> 
> We are making the code harder to follow with these changes. Also
> adding more lines than removing. Don't think this patch is an
> improvement IMHO. NAK on my end.

Likewise, at the very least, why not have the remove_intfs label 
immediately above the of_put_exit one so then it just falls through, and 
then obviously update the return path to drop the reference count and 
return success?
-- 
Florian


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