linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/3] staging: dgap: remove unneeded status variables

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Date:	Thu, 6 Mar 2014 14:18:06 -0800
From:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:	Alexey Khoroshilov <khoroshilov@...ras.ru>
Cc:	Todza Louina <lidza.louina@...il.com>,
	driverdev-devel@...uxdriverproject.org, devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, ldv-project@...uxtesting.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] staging: dgap: remove unneeded status variables

On Mon, Mar 03, 2014 at 01:08:06AM +0400, Alexey Khoroshilov wrote:
> dgap_driver_start and dgap_Major_Control_Registered are used
> to keep status of initialization of the driver as a whole and its "Major Control".
> But the code that checks them is executed once on module init/unload.
> That makes no sense in these variables as far as their values are predictable
> at any time.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alexey Khoroshilov <khoroshilov@...ras.ru>
> ---
>  drivers/staging/dgap/dgap.c | 97 ++++++++++++++++++++-------------------------
>  1 file changed, 42 insertions(+), 55 deletions(-)

Due to other recent changes in this driver, none of these patches apply
anymore :(

Can you please redo them against my latest tree so that I can apply
them?

thanks,

greg k-h
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