[PATCH 26/38] iio: pressure-core: st: Clean-up probe() function

[Jonathan Cameron]

On 09/11/13 08:19, Lee Jones wrote:
>>> 	err = st_sensors_init_sensor(indio_dev, plat_data);
>>> 	if (err < 0)
>>> -		goto st_press_common_probe_error;
>>> +		return err;
>>>
>>> -	if (pdata->get_irq_data_ready(indio_dev) > 0) {
>>> +	if (irq > 0) {
>>> 		err = st_press_allocate_ring(indio_dev);
>>> 		if (err < 0)
>>> -			goto st_press_common_probe_error;
>>> +			return err;
>>>
>>> 		err = st_sensors_allocate_trigger(indio_dev,
>>> -							ST_PRESS_TRIGGER_OPS);
>>> +						  ST_PRESS_TRIGGER_OPS);
>>> 		if (err < 0)
>>> 			goto st_press_probe_trigger_error;
>>> 	}
>>>
>>> 	err = iio_device_register(indio_dev);
>>> -	if (err)
>>
>> This bit of handling is confusing. I would much rather see the if IRQ at the goto. Here the first thought is why is it not an error if there is no IRQ! 
> 
> I certainly see your point. But surely anyone would see after a second
> or two that we're returning err and not 0 in this case, so the error
> would still be returned, we're not ignoring it. Adding this extra
> comparison saves several lines of code.
> 
> If you think it's 'too' confusing, I'll revert the change.
> 
> Or perhaps a comment:
> 
> /* Only deallocate_[trigger|ring] if they were allocated. */
> or
> /* Only deallocate_[trigger|ring] if we have an IRQ line. */
> or
> /* If no IRQ was specified, just return the error. */
> 

Revert the change.  Whilst not complex to follow it is non obvious to save only
a couple of lines. Adding a comment would take almost as much space as just doing
it the 'easy way'.

>>> +	if (err && irq > 0)
>>> 		goto st_press_device_register_error;
>>>
>>> 	return err;
>>>
>>> st_press_device_register_error:
>>> -	if (pdata->get_irq_data_ready(indio_dev) > 0)
>>> -		st_sensors_deallocate_trigger(indio_dev);
>>> +	st_sensors_deallocate_trigger(indio_dev);
>>> st_press_probe_trigger_error:
>>> -	if (pdata->get_irq_data_ready(indio_dev) > 0)
>>> -		st_press_deallocate_ring(indio_dev);
>>> -st_press_common_probe_error:
>>> +	st_press_deallocate_ring(indio_dev);
>>> +
>>> 	return err;
>>> }
>>> EXPORT_SYMBOL(st_press_common_probe);
>>
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