Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1 net-next] esp4: remove assignment in if condition

From: Joe Perches <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 04 Nov 2014 11:33:51 -0800

On Tue, 2014-11-04 at 20:28 +0100, Fabian Frederick wrote:

trivia:

> diff --git a/net/ipv4/esp4.c b/net/ipv4/esp4.c
[]
> @@ -392,8 +392,11 @@ static int esp_input(struct xfrm_state *x, struct sk_buff *skb)
>  	if (elen <= 0)
>  		goto out;
>  
> -	if ((err = skb_cow_data(skb, 0, &trailer)) < 0)
> +	err = skb_cow_data(skb, 0, &trailer);
> +
> +	if (err < 0)
>  		goto out;

Generally it's better/more common to use

	foo = bar();
	if (!foo)
		[error_handler...]
	
without the blank line between the set
and the test.