On Wed, Oct 10, 2007 at 12:35:41PM -0300, Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote:
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> Em Qua, 2007-10-10 às 00:18 -0400, Michael Krufky escreveu:
> > 
> > Is this illegal as per kernel codingstyle?
> 
> Yes, it is. CodingStyle states:

<rant>
No.. "Illegal" means prohibited by law. Its merely wrong 8)
</rant>

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> The proper fix is just to replace the offended code by this:
> 
> err=foo();
> if (error)
> 	goto error;

Lots of code uses

	if ((err = foo()) < 0)

so I would'y worry too much. The split one however clearer and also
safer.

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