lkml.org 
[lkml]   [2008]   [Aug]   [3]   [last100]   RSS Feed
Views: [wrap][no wrap]   [headers]  [forward] 
 
Messages in this thread
/
SubjectRe: [PATCH 2/5] x86: Coding style fixes to arch/x86/kernel/bios_uv.c
From
Date
Stefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de> writes:

>>> const char *str;
>>> switch (status) {
>>> - case 0: str = "Call completed without error"; break;
>>> - case -1: str = "Not implemented"; break;
>>> - case -2: str = "Invalid argument"; break;
>>> - case -3: str = "Call completed with error"; break;
>>> - default: str = "Unknown BIOS status code"; break;
>>> + case 0:
>>> + str = "Call completed without error";
>>> + break;
>>> + case -1:
>>> + str = "Not implemented";
>>> + break;
>>> + case -2:
>>> + str = "Invalid argument";
>>> + break;
>>> + case -3:
>>> + str = "Call completed with error";
>>> + break;
>>> + default:
>>> + str = "Unknown BIOS status code";
>>> + break;
>>> }
>>> return str;
>>> }
>>
>> This should be an array in the first place...
>
> Besides, by following CodingStyle to the letter, it arguably breaks
> rather than fixes coding style. The former code was easy enough to
> read.

Right. The latter is much worse. That's why nobody can trust
CodingStyle and/or checkpatch automatically. It's only sane mode
of operation is as a help tool for authors and maintainers, to
quickly locate _potential_ problems.
--
Krzysztof Halasa


\
 
 \ /
  Last update: 2008-08-03 13:57    [W:0.066 / U:0.104 seconds]
©2003-2020 Jasper Spaans|hosted at Digital Ocean and TransIP|Read the blog|Advertise on this site