On Wed, Sep 24, 2014 at 11:13:45PM -0400, Elshad Mustafayev wrote:
> > Fixed a coding style issue.
[]
> > diff --git a/kernel/acct.c b/kernel/acct.c
[]
> > @@ -376,9 +376,8 @@ static comp2_t encode_comp2_t(u64 value)
> >     if (exp > MAXEXP2) {
> >             /* Overflow. Return largest representable number instead. */
> >             return (1ul << (MANTSIZE2+EXPSIZE2-1)) - 1;
> > -   } else {
> > -           return (value & (MAXFRACT2>>1)) | (exp << (MANTSIZE2-1));
> >     }
> > +   return (value & (MAXFRACT2>>1)) | (exp << (MANTSIZE2-1));
> 
> Just what makes the replacement easier to follow?
>       if (foo)
>               return bar;
>       else
>               return baz;
> is no less idiomatic than
>       if (foo)
>               return bar;
>       return baz;
> 
> Al, really annoyed by how the words "coding style issue" are getting used as
> a magic incantation...

I agree.

I'll see about updating checkpatch to avoid warning on

        if (foo)
                return bar;
        else
                return baz;


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