linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 0/6] net-PPP: Deletion of a few unnecessary checks

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Date:	Fri, 12 Dec 2014 18:22:48 +0100
From:	SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
CC:	Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@...entembedded.com>,
	Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>, linux-ppp@...r.kernel.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
	Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...6.fr>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/6] net-PPP: Deletion of a few unnecessary checks

>> Where should "the error pointers" be stored instead?
> A local variable, before you assign it into the datastructure.

Will it be acceptable for you that anyone (or even me) will introduce
such a change with a seventh (and eventually eighth) update step here?
Do you want any other sequence for source code preparation of
the requested software improvement?

Regards,
Markus
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