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SubjectRe: [PATCH] hwmon: Use min() instead of doing it manually
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On 12/27/21 4:18 PM, Aleksandr Mezin wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 27, 2021 at 9:43 PM Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> wrote:
>>
>> On 12/27/21 3:36 AM, Jiapeng Chong wrote:
>>> Eliminate following coccicheck warning:
>>>
>>> ./drivers/hwmon/nzxt-smart2.c:461:12-13: WARNING opportunity for min().
>>>
>>> Reported-by: Abaci Robot <abaci@linux.alibaba.com>
>>> Signed-off-by: Jiapeng Chong <jiapeng.chong@linux.alibaba.com>
>>> ---
>>> drivers/hwmon/nzxt-smart2.c | 2 +-
>>> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/nzxt-smart2.c b/drivers/hwmon/nzxt-smart2.c
>>> index 534d39b8908e..b30de7441fbb 100644
>>> --- a/drivers/hwmon/nzxt-smart2.c
>>> +++ b/drivers/hwmon/nzxt-smart2.c
>>> @@ -458,7 +458,7 @@ static int send_output_report(struct drvdata *drvdata, const void *data,
>>>
>>> ret = hid_hw_output_report(drvdata->hid, drvdata->output_buffer,
>>> sizeof(drvdata->output_buffer));
>>> - return ret < 0 ? ret : 0;
>>> + return min(ret, 0);
>>
>> Nack, that is just confusing. ret is an error if < 0, and min obfuscates
>> that we want to return an error or 0.
>>
>> Guenter
>
> Should I change that ternary operator to a full "if" maybe?
> Apparently, both some people and some tools read it as "min()".
>
No, the code is good as is, using if() doesn't really make a difference,
and I _really_ don't want to encourage people to start submitting patches
to change the other 100+ instances of the same code in the kernel.

Guenter

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