From: Keith Busch <keith.busch@intel.com>
To: Alexandru Gagniuc <mr.nuke.me@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-nvme@lists.infradead.org, alex_gagniuc@dellteam.com,
Austin.Bolen@dell.com, Shyam.Iyer@dell.com,
Jens Axboe <axboe@fb.com>, Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>,
Sagi Grimberg <sagi@grimberg.me>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] nvme-pci: Avoid use of goto in nvme_reset_work()
Date: Thu, 10 May 2018 11:00:39 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20180510170038.GA4556@localhost.localdomain> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20180510164645.19559-1-mr.nuke.me@gmail.com>
On Thu, May 10, 2018 at 11:46:33AM -0500, Alexandru Gagniuc wrote:
> This patch started as a challenge from Keith relating to code
> structuring with goto vs return. I think the final result improves
> readability on two counts:
> First, it clarifies the separation between work struct and nvme_dev.
> Second, it makes it clearer what error is being passed on:
> 'return -ENODEV' vs 'goto out', where 'result' happens to be -ENODEV
>
> CC: Keith Busch <keith.busch@intel.com>
> Signed-off-by: Alexandru Gagniuc <mr.nuke.me@gmail.com>
Ah, that's just wrapping a function that has a single out. The challenge
is to find a better mechanism than 'goto' to unwind a failure that has
multiple outs, like nvme_probe().
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-05-10 16:58 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-05-10 16:46 [PATCH] nvme-pci: Avoid use of goto in nvme_reset_work() Alexandru Gagniuc
2018-05-10 17:00 ` Keith Busch [this message]
2018-05-10 17:01 ` Alex G.
2018-05-11 6:37 ` Christoph Hellwig
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