[PATCH v11 14/16] log: use standard ternary operator instead of GCC extension

Morten Brørup mb at smartsharesystems.com
Mon Sep 25 08:24:58 CEST 2023


> From: Tyler Retzlaff [mailto:roretzla at linux.microsoft.com]
> Sent: Friday, 11 August 2023 21.21
> 
> Use standard ternary operator instead of gcc extension. There is
> no concern of side-effects for this evaluation so allow the code
> to be portable.
> 
> While here update the condition to compare default_log_stream
> directly against NULL.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tyler Retzlaff <roretzla at linux.microsoft.com>
> ---
>  lib/log/log.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/lib/log/log.c b/lib/log/log.c
> index 52c771f..b80725a 100644
> --- a/lib/log/log.c
> +++ b/lib/log/log.c
> @@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ struct log_cur_msg {
>  		 * of stderr, even if the application closes and
>  		 * reopens it.
>  		 */
> -		return default_log_stream ? : stderr;

I didn't know this GCC extension.

Someone please consider disallowing this in checkpatches.


> +		return default_log_stream != NULL ? default_log_stream : stderr;
>  	}
>  	return f;
>  }
> --
> 1.8.3.1

Reviewed-by: Morten Brørup <mb at smartsharesystems.com>



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