netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] ipip: do not use 'err' variable for setting return value

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Message-Id: <20130115.032008.1473140825117157751.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Tue, 15 Jan 2013 03:20:08 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	sakiwit@...il.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] ipip: do not use 'err' variable for setting
 return value

From: Jean Sacren <sakiwit@...il.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2013 01:14:10 -0700

> It's a bit confusing to set 'err' variable inside and outside of the
> block for the return value of ipip_err(). We don't even need this
> variable, so clean it all up to spare declaration as well as bunch of
> unnecessary initializations and jumps.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jean Sacren <sakiwit@...il.com>

It makes the non-error path straight line code.

The code as-is is fine, and I'm not applying this patch, sorry.
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