linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] usb-core: Remove Fix mes in file hcd.c

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Message-ID: <CAPDOMVj6ex8GgMz6id+fgnCLg9hTbNoYxG4pebxDvMmf9xKTcQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Fri, 18 Jul 2014 22:45:49 -0400
From:	Nick Krause <xerofoify@...il.com>
To:	Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
Cc:	Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>, mail@...ermatthias.de,
	hdegoede@...hat.com, dan.j.williams@...el.com,
	valentine.barshak@...entembedded.com,
	Ming Lei <ming.lei@...onical.com>,
	Michael Opdenacker <michael.opdenacker@...e-electrons.com>,
	linux-usb@...r.kernel.org,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] usb-core: Remove Fix mes in file hcd.c

Sorry didn't run spell check. I will resend this patch with the
correct information
as needed. Thanks for the advice, Sasha.

Cheers Nick

On Fri, Jul 18, 2014 at 10:36 PM, Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org> wrote:
> On 07/18/2014 01:34 PM, Nicholas Krause wrote:
>> I am removing two fix mes in this file as after dicussing then it  seems
>> there is no reason to check against Null for usb_device as it can never
>> be NULL and this is check is therefore not needed.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Nicholas Krause <xerofoify@...il.com>
>
> Please explain exactly why it's not needed, why it can never be NULL, and
> what prevents it from being NULL.
>
> "after dicussing" (do you run spellcheck on your mails?) won't mean anything
> to someone looking at this commit in a year.
>
> Your commit message also mentions usb_device which has nothing to do with
> your patch.
>
>
> Thanks,
> Sasha
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