On Tue, 2019-03-05 at 17:45 -0600, Jesús Castro wrote:
> Checkpatch script is showing a coding style error and is showing:
> 
> ERROR: else should follow close brace '}'
> +     }
> +     else if (hvt->mode == HVUTIL_TRANSPORT_NETLINK) {
> 
> This commit fixes the coding style, not a functional change.
[]
> diff --git a/drivers/hv/hv_utils_transport.c b/drivers/hv/hv_utils_transport.c
[]
> @@ -139,8 +139,7 @@ static int hvt_op_open(struct inode *inode, struct file 
> *file)
>                * device gets released.
>                */
>               hvt->mode = HVUTIL_TRANSPORT_CHARDEV;
> -     }
> -     else if (hvt->mode == HVUTIL_TRANSPORT_NETLINK) {
> +     } else if (hvt->mode == HVUTIL_TRANSPORT_NETLINK) {
>               /*
>                * We're switching from netlink communication to using char
>                * device. Issue the reset first.

Rather than merely shutting up checkpatch warnings,
please try to improve the code for humans to read.

This block is probably better as a switch/case and
the separate bool issue_reset automatic seems
unnecessary as it's only used in one case.

Perhaps:
---
 drivers/hv/hv_utils_transport.c | 22 +++++++++++-----------
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/hv/hv_utils_transport.c b/drivers/hv/hv_utils_transport.c
index 832777527936..6b27dd7be9bb 100644
--- a/drivers/hv/hv_utils_transport.c
+++ b/drivers/hv/hv_utils_transport.c
@@ -125,35 +125,35 @@ static int hvt_op_open(struct inode *inode, struct file 
*file)
 {
        struct hvutil_transport *hvt;
        int ret = 0;
-       bool issue_reset = false;
 
        hvt = container_of(file->f_op, struct hvutil_transport, fops);
 
        mutex_lock(&hvt->lock);
 
-       if (hvt->mode == HVUTIL_TRANSPORT_DESTROY) {
-               ret = -EBADF;
-       } else if (hvt->mode == HVUTIL_TRANSPORT_INIT) {
+       switch (hvt->mode) {
+       case HVUTIL_TRANSPORT_INIT:
                /*
                 * Switching to CHARDEV mode. We switch bach to INIT when
                 * device gets released.
                 */
                hvt->mode = HVUTIL_TRANSPORT_CHARDEV;
-       }
-       else if (hvt->mode == HVUTIL_TRANSPORT_NETLINK) {
+               break;
+       case HVUTIL_TRANSPORT_NETLINK:
                /*
                 * We're switching from netlink communication to using char
                 * device. Issue the reset first.
                 */
-               issue_reset = true;
                hvt->mode = HVUTIL_TRANSPORT_CHARDEV;
-       } else {
+               hvt_reset(hvt);
+               break;
+       case HVUTIL_TRANSPORT_DESTROY:
+               ret = -EBADF;
+               break;
+       default:
                ret = -EBUSY;
+               break;
        }
 
-       if (issue_reset)
-               hvt_reset(hvt);
-
        mutex_unlock(&hvt->lock);
 
        return ret;


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