linux-kernel - Re: iio: Adjust checks for null pointers in six functions

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Date:   Sun, 25 Sep 2016 17:51:19 +0100
From:   Jonathan Cameron <jic23@...nel.org>
To:     SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
Cc:     linux-iio@...r.kernel.org, Hartmut Knaack <knaack.h@....de>,
        Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@...afoo.de>,
        Peter Meerwald-Stadler <pmeerw@...erw.net>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
        Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...6.fr>
Subject: Re: iio: Adjust checks for null pointers in six functions

On 25/09/16 15:44, SF Markus Elfring wrote:
>> This is a more worthwhile change in my mind to the jump label changes.
> 
> Thanks for another bit of positive feedback for this refactoring.
> 
> 
>> Would you mind resending with it not based on top of those?
> 
> Is a resend really needed?
It's a question of time.  Maintainers regularly push back stuff
they could fix up themselves purely to save their time.

Also, I'm afraid I don't care enough to put the time in for this
one.  I care enough to review / apply the patch though.
> 
> Does the tool "Git" let you also apply this update step before
> the other suggestions?
It rarely copes with this sort of reordering as it doesn't have
the semantic knowledge of what matters in the other patches.
> 
> Would you dare a reordering of items according to your change preferences?
> 
> Regards,
> Markus
>