linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ipmi: Remove uses of return value of seq

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Message-ID: <54E6A598.9010501@acm.org>
Date:	Thu, 19 Feb 2015 21:10:16 -0600
From:	Corey Minyard <minyard@....org>
To:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
CC:	openipmi-developer@...ts.sourceforge.net,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ipmi: Remove uses of return value of seq_printf

Not a big deal, thanks for following up.  Send a relative patch,
please.  I already have this queued for upstream.

-corey

On 02/18/2015 06:02 PM, Joe Perches wrote:
> On Wed, 2015-02-18 at 11:56 -0600, Corey Minyard wrote:
>> Thanks, queued for 3.20.
> Hey Corey, thanks, but I'll either have to send a new
> patch or an updated patch changing these new
> seq_has_overflowed() uses to 0.
>
> There's no functional difference, but there is a logical
> one.  has_overflowed(), if it returns "true" (it won't here
> because the first alloc seq_fs does has sufficient space)
> would not retry and simply not emit anything.
>
> Anyway, do you want a new patch or a relative patch?
>
> sorry 'bout that,  Joe
>

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