Re: [PATCH 14/14] btrfs-progs: Error handling in scrub_progress_cycle() thread

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On 3/4/13 4:00 PM, Zach Brown wrote:
>> -	ret = pthread_setcanceltype(PTHREAD_CANCEL_ASYNCHRONOUS, &old);
>> +	ret = -pthread_setcanceltype(PTHREAD_CANCEL_ASYNCHRONOUS, &old);
>>  	if (ret)
>> -		return ERR_PTR(-ret);
>> +		goto out;
> 
> Am I the only one who finds ret = -pthread_*() pretty odd? :)  (ret = -0
> on success.. ok.. I guess..)
> 
> I'd have done something like
> 
> 	err = pthread_*()
> 	if (err) {
> 		ret = -err;
> 
> so that it looks like the -1/errno pattern that our brains already have
> to deal with.
> 
> - z
> 

Yeah, I wasn't thrilled either.  Fair enough.  I'll do that & resend.

-Eric
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