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Date:	Mon, 22 Aug 2011 23:41:53 +0530
From:	Kautuk Consul <consul.kautuk@...il.com>
To:	Sarah Sharp <sarah.a.sharp@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:	sifram rajas <sifram.rajas@...il.com>,
	"linux-usb@...r.kernel.org" <linux-usb@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] xhci: Redundant check for

Hi,

Thanks for replying back.

Really sorry about your email address, Sarah.

I think it was a typo. Ill take of emailing you at
sarah.a.sharp@...ux.intel.com in future, starting from this email.

Regards,
Kautuk.


On Mon, Aug 22, 2011 at 9:25 PM, Sarah Sharp <sarah.a.sharp@...el.com> wrote:
> Hi Sifram,
>
>
> On Mon, Aug 22, 2011 at 08:35:20AM -0700, sifram rajas wrote:
>> Hi Sarah,
>>
>> This patch is for linux-3.0.3.
>>
>> In the xhci_check_args() function in xhci.c, there is a redundant
>> check for xhci->devs.
>>
>> This is redundant because the struct xhci_hcd->devs is actually
>> defined as a static array
>> of pointers and is not a pointer to a pointer.
>
> Your patch looks fine, and I'll apply it to my usb-next branch later
> this week.
>
> However, can you please send future patches to
> sarah.a.sharp@...ux.intel.com, not my intel.com address?  The intel.com
> one runs through a horrible exchange server that converts tabs to spaces
> and makes it impossible to apply patches.
>
> Where did you find the intel.com email address?  I'm pretty sure the
> MAINTAINERS file lists the linux.intel.com one, and I'd like to make
> sure people aren't getting bad information.
>
> Sarah Sharp
>
>> Signed-off-by: Sifram Rajas <sifram.rajas@...il.com>
>> ---
>> drivers/usb/host/xhci.c |   3 +--
>>  1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff a/drivers/usb/host/xhci.c b/drivers/usb/host/xhci.c
>> --- a/drivers/usb/host/xhci.c 2011-08-17 23:27:16.000000000 +0530
>> +++ b/drivers/usb/host/xhci.c 2011-08-22 20:43:34.250000000 +0530
>> @@ -945,8 +945,7 @@ static int xhci_check_args(struct usb_hc
>>               return -ENODEV;
>>
>>       if (check_virt_dev) {
>> -             if (!udev->slot_id || !xhci->devs
>> -                     || !xhci->devs[udev->slot_id]) {
>> +             if (!udev->slot_id || !xhci->devs[udev->slot_id]) {
>>                       printk(KERN_DEBUG "xHCI %s called with unaddressed "
>>                                               "device\n", func);
>>                       return -EINVAL;
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Sifram Rajas.
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