linux-kernel - Re: [1/3] drm: property: One function call less in drm_property

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Message-ID: <93cfabee-9692-491c-8d38-dec142e90252@web.de>
Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2024 19:08:25 +0100
From: Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@....de>
To: Michel Dänzer <michel.daenzer@...lbox.org>,
 dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
 Daniel Vetter <daniel@...ll.ch>, David Airlie <airlied@...il.com>,
 Maarten Lankhorst <maarten.lankhorst@...ux.intel.com>,
 Maxime Ripard <mripard@...nel.org>, Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@...e.de>
Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, cocci@...ia.fr,
 Simon Ser <contact@...rsion.fr>
Subject: Re: [1/3] drm: property: One function call less in
 drm_property_create() after error detection

>>> Out of curiosity, what exactly did Coccinelle report?
>>
>> Some SmPL scripts from my own selection tend to point questionable implementation details out.
>
> That doesn't answer my question.

It should.


> Without seeing the actual Coccinelle report,

There is no “official” report according to the discussed patch which is triggered
by known advices for the application of labels in goto chains.


> I'll assume that it didn't actually call for this change.

Software development opinions are evolving accordingly.

Regards,
Markus