netdev - Re: [PATCH iproute2-next 6/6] ipaddress: Get rid of print_linkinfo

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Date:   Tue, 30 Jan 2018 09:24:12 -0800
From:   Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
To:     Serhey Popovych <serhe.popovych@...il.com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH iproute2-next 6/6] ipaddress: Get rid of
 print_linkinfo_brief()

On Tue, 30 Jan 2018 18:52:48 +0200
Serhey Popovych <serhe.popovych@...il.com> wrote:

> +	if (brief) {
> +		print_name_and_link("%-16s ", COLOR_NONE, name, tb);
> +
> +		if (tb[IFLA_OPERSTATE])
> +			print_operstate(fp, rta_getattr_u8(tb[IFLA_OPERSTATE]));
> +
> +		if (filter.family == AF_PACKET) {
> +			if (tb[IFLA_ADDRESS]) {
> +				struct rtattr *rta = tb[IFLA_ADDRESS];
> +
> +				print_color_string(PRINT_ANY,
> +						   COLOR_MAC,
> +						   "address",
> +						   "%s ",
> +						   ll_addr_n2a(RTA_DATA(rta),
> +							       RTA_PAYLOAD(rta),
> +							       ifi->ifi_type,
> +							       b1, sizeof(b1)));
> +			}
> +
> +			print_link_flags(fp, ifi->ifi_flags, m_flag);
> +			print_string(PRINT_FP, NULL, "%s", "\n");
> +		}
> +
> +		fflush(fp);
> +		return 0;
> +	}

To keep function shorter and therefore more readable, why not:

	if (brief)
		return print_linkinfo_brief(fp, ifi, tb);

And put this if branch in new version of print_linkinfo_brief.