Re: [PATCH 2/13 v2] [SCSI] qla2xxx: make return of 0 explicit

[Dan Carpenter]

On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 07:36:48AM +0800, Julia Lawall wrote:
> 
> 
> On Mon, 19 May 2014, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> 
> > On Mon, May 19, 2014 at 04:07:52PM +0000, Saurav Kashyap wrote:
> > > Hi Julia,
> > >
> > > Status is already set to 0 at the beginning of the function, I think
> > > we should just "return status" here to be consistent with the rest of
> > > the function.
> >
> > "return 0;" is more clear than "return status;".
> >
> > Consistency is great so long as it makes the code easier to read.  Don't
> > lose track of the real goal.
> 
> If status were an informative word, there might be a reason for it.  But
> integer typed functions almost always return their status, so there is no
> real information.

Just to be clear, I'm agreeing with you...  "return 0;" is better.

regards,
dan carpenter

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