[PATCH V2 07/10] staging: vchiq_arm: Reduce indentation of service_callback

Laurent Pinchart laurent.pinchart at ideasonboard.com
Tue Jun 11 14:23:47 PDT 2024


On Tue, Jun 11, 2024 at 09:04:28AM +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 10, 2024 at 11:02:17PM +0200, Stefan Wahren wrote:
> > The service_callback has 5 levels of indentation, which makes it
> > hard to read. Reduce this by splitting the code in a new function
> > service_single_message() as suggested by Laurent Pinchart.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Stefan Wahren <wahrenst at gmx.net>
> 
> To be honest, I liked the version of this patch which Laurent didn't
> like.  Even after pulling this code into a separate function, I'd still
> support flipping the conditions around and adding the goto...
> 
> Laurent, you really didn't like the goto?

I won't nack it, but I really think gotos seriously hinder readability,
with the exception of error paths.

-- 
Regards,

Laurent Pinchart



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