Re: [2.6 patch] fix a drivers/char/isicom.c compile warning

From: Adrian Bunk
Date: Mon Jan 12 2004 - 19:24:31 EST


On Mon, Jan 12, 2004 at 10:17:46PM -0200, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote:
> Em Tue, Jan 13, 2004 at 01:00:56AM +0100, Adrian Bunk escreveu:
>...
> > The following patch fixes this issue:
> >
> >
> > --- linux-2.6.1-mm2-modular-no-smp/drivers/char/isicom.c.old 2004-01-13 00:40:02.000000000 +0100
> > +++ linux-2.6.1-mm2-modular-no-smp/drivers/char/isicom.c 2004-01-13 00:49:00.000000000 +0100
> > @@ -1675,7 +1675,7 @@
> > static void unregister_drivers(void)
> > {
> > int error;
> > - if (tty_unregister_driver(isicom_normal))
> > + if ((error=tty_unregister_driver(isicom_normal)))
> > printk(KERN_DEBUG "ISICOM: couldn't unregister normal driver error=%d.\n",error);
>
> OK, the patch is right, but couldn't we take the opportunity to make this
> more readable while at it? Ssomething like:
>
> static void unregister_drivers(void)
> {
> int error = tty_unregister_driver(isicom_normal);
>
> if (error)
> printk(KERN_DEBUG "ISICOM: couldn't unregister normal "
> "driver error=%d.\n", error);
>
> ? :-)

I thought about it, but I wasn't sure whether changing a driver to be
more readable in _one_ place and making the code there different from
the coding style used in the rest of the driver is really an
improvement (and no, I don't want to clean the whole driver...)?

> - Arnaldo

cu
Adrian

--- linux-2.6.1-mm2-modular-no-smp/drivers/char/isicom.c.old 2004-01-13 00:40:02.000000000 +0100
+++ linux-2.6.1-mm2-modular-no-smp/drivers/char/isicom.c 2004-01-13 01:21:15.000000000 +0100
@@ -1674,9 +1674,11 @@

static void unregister_drivers(void)
{
- int error;
- if (tty_unregister_driver(isicom_normal))
+ int error = tty_unregister_driver(isicom_normal);
+
+ if (error)
printk(KERN_DEBUG "ISICOM: couldn't unregister normal driver error=%d.\n",error);
+
put_tty_driver(isicom_normal);
}

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