linux-kernel - Re: [media] s2255drv: Adjust 13 checks for null pointers

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Message-ID: <20170921092235.s4w56ohow2qmeyus@mwanda>
Date:   Thu, 21 Sep 2017 12:22:35 +0300
From:   Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
To:     SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
Cc:     linux-media@...r.kernel.org,
        Arvind Yadav <arvind.yadav.cs@...il.com>,
        Bhumika Goyal <bhumirks@...il.com>,
        Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@...asonboard.com>,
        Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...nel.org>,
        Mike Isely <isely@...ox.com>,
        Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@...ux.intel.com>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [media] s2255drv: Adjust 13 checks for null pointers

On Thu, Sep 21, 2017 at 10:12:56AM +0200, SF Markus Elfring wrote:
> >> MIME-Version: 1.0
> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
> >> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
> >>
> > 
> > You've been told several times that this stuff doesn't work.
> 
> This functionality might not exactly work in the way that you expect so far.
> 
> 
> > Try applying this patch with `git am` and you'll see why.
> 
> I find that these extra message fields work in the way that was designed
> by the Git software developers.
> 
> elfring@...ne:~/Projekte/Linux/next-patched> LANG=C git checkout -b next_deletion_of_oom_messages_in_s2255drv_test_20170921 next_deletion_of_oom_messages-20170905 && LANG=C git am '../[PATCH 2_5] [media] s2255drv: Adjust 13 checks for null pointers.eml'
> Switched to a new branch 'next_deletion_of_oom_messages_in_s2255drv_test_20170921'
> Applying: s2255drv: Adjust 13 checks for null pointers
> 
> 
> Would you like to clarify corresponding concerns any more?
> 

Look at the `git log` and it just copies those lines:

commit 2a47170a824697783d8c2d28355a806f075c76e4 (HEAD)
Author: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
Date:   Wed Sep 20 16:46:19 2017 +0200

    s2255drv: Adjust 13 checks for null pointers

    MIME-Version: 1.0
    Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
    Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit

    The script “checkpatch.pl” pointed information out like the following.

    Comparison to NULL could be written !…

    Thus fix the affected source code places.


regards,
dan carpenter