linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/1] atmel-ssc: fix misuse of dev_dbg when requested ssc instance is not found

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Message-ID: <20090130092025.618fa78f@hcegtvedt>
Date:	Fri, 30 Jan 2009 09:20:25 +0100
From:	Hans-Christian Egtvedt <hans-christian.egtvedt@...el.com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@...y.org>,
	Haavard Skinnemoen <hskinnemoen@...el.com>,
	Huang Weiyi <weiyi.huang@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] atmel-ssc: fix misuse of dev_dbg when requested ssc
 instance is not found

On Thu, 29 Jan 2009 15:50:42 -0800
Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:

> On Thu, 29 Jan 2009 17:46:55 +0100
> Hans-Christian Egtvedt <hans-christian.egtvedt@...el.com> wrote:
> 

<snipp>

> > Bump, or did I miss the merge window?
> > 
> 
> (Top-posting repaired.  Please don't do that!  It makes it horrid to
> reply to you)
> 

Sorry, I'll do a resend of the original email instead next time. I had
the idea about the initial email would be picked up.

> (Suitable cc's added - this was why your patch got lost)
> 

AFAICT the lkml is the place for the drivers/misc stuff. Should I be
looking in another file than MAINTAINERS?

> The patch seems reasonable but the changelog seems to be quite
> misleading.  I did this:
> 
>    The ssc pointer is not valid when the id is not found in the
>    list.  Convert the message from a debug one into an error message
>    and avoid dereferencing the bad pointer.
> 
> OK?

Sounds way better than my Norwegian English, thanks (-:

-- 
Best regards,
Hans-Christian Egtvedt
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