> -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:kernelnewbies- > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Bas Peters > Sent: Monday, February 02, 2015 11:26 AM > To: [email protected]; [email protected] > Subject: Question regarding strange-looking code in > drivers/isdn/i4l/isdn_ppp.c > > Hi, > > I was checking some code in drivers/isdn/isdn_pp and came across the > following: > > case PPP_VJC_COMP: > if (is->debug & 0x20) > printk(KERN_DEBUG "isdn_ppp: VJC_COMP\n"); > { > struct sk_buff *skb_old = skb; > int pkt_len; > skb = dev_alloc_skb(skb_old->len + 128); > > if (!skb) { > printk(KERN_WARNING "%s: Memory squeeze, > dropping packet.\n", dev->name); > skb = skb_old; > goto drop_packet; > } > skb_put(skb, skb_old->len + 128); > skb_copy_from_linear_data(skb_old, skb->data, > skb_old->len); > if (net_dev->local->ppp_slot < 0) { > printk(KERN_ERR "%s: net_dev->local- > >ppp_slot(%d) out of range\n", > __func__, net_dev->local->ppp_slot); > goto drop_packet; > } > pkt_len = slhc_uncompress(ippp_table[net_dev->local- > >ppp_slot]->slcomp, > skb->data, skb_old->len); > kfree_skb(skb_old); > if (pkt_len < 0) > goto drop_packet; > > skb_trim(skb, pkt_len); > skb->protocol = htons(ETH_P_IP); > } > break; > > Could you explain to me why there are braces AFTER the printk invocation? > Was it perhaps intended that the printk was included in the braces? > > I'm sorry if I'm missing something completely obvious here, but it seems kind > of > strange to me. > > With kind regards, > > Bas
I assume it's just to introduce a new name space scope inside the case statement without going to the trouble of writing a new function that would be called from it. Jeff Haran _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies
