linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/1 linux-next] staging: media: atomisp: kmap() can't fail

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Message-ID: <20170425183518.GB8827@kroah.com>
Date:   Tue, 25 Apr 2017 20:35:18 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Fabian Frederick <fabf@...net.be>
Cc:     Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...nel.org>,
        Alan Cox <alan@...ux.intel.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1 linux-next] staging: media: atomisp: kmap() can't fail

On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 08:10:19PM +0200, Fabian Frederick wrote:
> Remove NULL test on kmap()

That says _what_ you did, which is obvious if you read the patch.  You
need to say _why_ you are doing what you are doing in this patch in the
changelog description.

thanks,

greg k-h