linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] z2ram: Delete four error messages for a failed memory allocation in z2

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Message-ID: <1a4e615a-1744-66a4-35cb-04f4ff9a52f7@kernel.dk>
Date:   Mon, 7 Aug 2017 10:44:07 -0600
From:   Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
To:     Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>,
        SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] z2ram: Delete four error messages for a failed memory
 allocation in z2_open()

On 08/07/2017 10:43 AM, Joe Perches wrote:
> On Mon, 2017-08-07 at 10:08 -0600, Jens Axboe wrote:
>> On 08/07/2017 10:06 AM, SF Markus Elfring wrote:
>>> From: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
>>> Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2017 17:56:53 +0200
>>>
>>> Omit extra messages for a memory allocation failure in this function.
>>
>> Please stop sending these, thanks.
> 
> It would be pretty funny if Markus actually had a working
> Amiga / Zorro II board running the latest kernel and had
> actually tested this patch.

Doesn't look like he even compiles then. Which means that the investment
I have to make in reviewing them is that much greater, it's just not
worth it.

-- 
Jens Axboe