On Wed, Jan 18, 2017 at 12:50:17PM +0100, SF Markus Elfring wrote: > From: Markus Elfring <[email protected]> > Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2017 12:08:44 +0100 > > A local variable was set to an error code in two cases before a concrete > error situation was detected. Thus move the corresponding assignment into > an if branch to indicate a software failure there. > > This issue was detected by using the Coccinelle software.
Why the hell is that an issue? It's a common enough idiom, and while these functions are far from being hot paths, blind patches like that are very much to be discouraged. NAK.
