Kernel quality control, or the lack thereof

Posted Dec 18, 2018 11:46 UTC (Tue) by error27 (subscriber, #8346)
In reply to: Kernel quality control, or the lack thereof by JdGordy
Parent article: Kernel quality control, or the lack thereof

Single return coding style introduces "forgot to set the error code" bugs. A "goto out;" might do a ton of things or it might not do anything so it is a mystery, but a "return -EINVAL;" is unambiguous.

Kernel quality control, or the lack thereof

Posted Dec 18, 2018 14:05 UTC (Tue) by PaulMcKenney (✭ supporter ✭, #9624) [Link] (4 responses)

If you didn't know better, you might think that there is no magic bullet to take out all bugs. :-)

Kernel quality control, or the lack thereof

Posted Dec 19, 2018 13:43 UTC (Wed) by mathstuf (subscriber, #69389) [Link] (3 responses)

I prefer `rm` for that job. Works really well. ;)

Kernel quality control, or the lack thereof

Posted Dec 19, 2018 16:04 UTC (Wed) by PaulMcKenney (✭ supporter ✭, #9624) [Link] (2 responses)

In the old days, I would have agreed. But these days, "rm" can often be undone using "git checkout", or, in more extreme cases, "git clone". ;-)

Kernel quality control, or the lack thereof

Posted Dec 20, 2018 3:45 UTC (Thu) by neilbrown (subscriber, #359) [Link] (1 responses)

Isn't it a simple matter of writing a virus (or a worm .. or a worm with a virus) which hunts out all bugs on the Internet and removes them. I remember Doctor Who did that once to get rid of all the photos of himself, so it can't be too hard.

Kernel quality control, or the lack thereof

Posted Dec 20, 2018 4:37 UTC (Thu) by PaulMcKenney (✭ supporter ✭, #9624) [Link]

Dr. Who has to do that every few years as the actors change?