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Date:	Mon, 15 Aug 2016 19:05:46 +0200
From:	Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:	Daeseok Youn <daeseok.youn@...il.com>
Cc:	lidza.louina@...il.com, markh@...pro.net,
	driverdev-devel@...uxdriverproject.org, devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/15 RESEND] staging: dgnc: remove redundant NULL checks
 in

On Wed, Jul 06, 2016 at 03:11:13PM +0900, Daeseok Youn wrote:
> The dgnc_block_til_ready() is only used in dgnc_tty_open().
> The unit data(struct un_t) was stored into tty->driver_data in dgnc_tty_open().
> And also tty and un were tested about NULL so these variables doesn't
> need to check for NULL in dgnc_block_til_ready().
> 
> Signed-off-by: Daeseok Youn <daeseok.youn@...il.com>
> ---
> RESEND: This patch was not merged for a long time, if there is any reason
> why this patch could NOT be merged into staging tree, let me know.
> There were no comment for this patch.
> I cannot understand why this patch have to wait long time to merge.
> And I also sent emails to mailing-lists for reminding this patch...
> please let me know, what is the problem to merge this patch into staging tree.

Please note, staging patches are at the bottom of my priority queue.
Combined with a vacation, conferences, and a merge window and there are
a lot of pending staging patches in my to-review queue.

thanks for your patience.

greg k-h