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Re: [alsa-devel] [PATCH 6/7] dmasound_core: Move two assignments for the variable "ret" in state_open()

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From Clemens Ladisch <clemens@ladisch.de>
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Subject Re: [alsa-devel] [PATCH 6/7] dmasound_core: Move two assignments for the variable "ret" in state_open()
Date Wed, 25 Jan 2017 08:50:01 +0100
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SF Markus Elfring wrote:
> A local variable was set to an error code in two cases before a concrete
> error situation was detected.

And why would that be a problem?

http://yarchive.net/comp/linux/error_jumps.html

> -	ret = -EBUSY;
> -	if (state.busy)
> +	if (state.busy) {
> +		ret = -EBUSY;
>  		goto out;
> +	}


Regards,
Clemens

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[PATCH 0/7] ALSA: Fine-tuning for several function implementations SF Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net> - 2017-01-24 11:30 +0100
  [PATCH 7/7] dmasound_core: Adjust six function calls together with a  variable assignment SF Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net> - 2017-01-24 11:30 +0100
  [PATCH 2/7] ALSA: seq: Delete unnecessary checks in  snd_seq_ioctl_get_subscription() SF Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net> - 2017-01-24 11:30 +0100
  [PATCH 1/7] ALSA: seq: Delete unnecessary checks in  snd_seq_ioctl_query_subs() SF Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net> - 2017-01-24 11:30 +0100
  [PATCH 6/7] dmasound_core: Move two assignments for the variable  "ret" in state_open() SF Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net> - 2017-01-24 11:30 +0100
    Re: [alsa-devel] [PATCH 6/7] dmasound_core: Move two assignments for  the variable "ret" in state_open() Clemens Ladisch <clemens@ladisch.de> - 2017-01-25 08:50 +0100
  [PATCH 5/7] ALSA: seq: Adjust 16 function calls together with a  variable assignment SF Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net> - 2017-01-24 11:30 +0100
  [PATCH 4/7] ALSA: seq: Delete unnecessary checks in  snd_seq_ioctl_subscribe_port() SF Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net> - 2017-01-24 11:30 +0100

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