On Fri, 16 Mar 2007 09:27:26 -0500 James Bottomley wrote:
> On Fri, 2007-03-16 at 16:05 +0900, Horms wrote:
> > + err = pci_enable_device(pdev);
> > + if (err < 0)
> > + return err;
>
> Traditionally, this should be
>
> if (err)
> return err;
>
> The reason is that <0 is a signed comparison which can be slightly more
> expensive on some architectures and it's unnecessary if zero is the only
> successful return.
Tradition vs. Linus, eh? Linus wrote (2007-Mar-06, on lkml,
Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>):
- "negative error values" should preferably always be tested as such
if (tick_init_highres() < 0) {
printk("Aieee! Couldn't init!\n");
return 0;
}
---
~Randy
*** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code ***
-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-scsi" in
the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
