linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V3 net-next 03/21] net-next/hinic: Initialize api cmd resources

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Date:   Tue, 08 Aug 2017 10:00:36 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     aviad.krawczyk@...wei.com
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        bc.y@...wei.com, victor.gissin@...wei.com, zhaochen6@...wei.com,
        tony.qu@...wei.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH V3 net-next 03/21] net-next/hinic: Initialize api cmd
 resources

From: Aviad Krawczyk <aviad.krawczyk@...wei.com>
Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2017 19:23:32 +0300

> Is it a new rule?

It's at least 10 years old.

> We can fix it, but I can look over the Linux Kernel source and there are
> a lot of examples that have the same problem.

Stop right there.

Just because there is code in the kernel with a problem doesn't mean
you can submit new code with that problem.