Re: [PATCH 00/36] treewide: remove conditional returns with no effect

Jani Nikula <jani.nikula-VuQAYsv1563Yd54FQh9/[email protected]> Mon, 27 Jul 2026 11:30:01 +0300
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On Fri, 24 Jul 2026, Jakub Kicinski <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Fri, 24 Jul 2026 03:45:02 +0900 Sang-Heon Jeon wrote:
>> Patch 1 adds a Coccinelle script that matches the pattern, including
>> negation and constant-comparison variants. Where a local variable is
>> assigned right before the check, the assignment and the two returns
>> turn into a single return of the assigned expression.
>
> Huh, I thought we already had such script. Various script children have
> been sending such "cleanups" in the past.

We did, and it was removed, I believe in 1a617a8475e8 ("coccinelle:
misc: remove "complex return code" warnings"), because people just don't
want this constant churn.

It's perfectly fine to have the error case and happy day scenario
separated.


BR,
Jani.


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Jani Nikula, Intel