linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] block/bio: Remove null checks before mempool_destroy in bioset

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Message-ID: <20171006223013.GB30627@debian>
Date:   Fri, 6 Oct 2017 18:30:13 -0400
From:   Tim Hansen <devtimhansen@...il.com>
To:     Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
Cc:     linux-block@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        alexander.levin@....verizon.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] block/bio: Remove null checks before mempool_destroy in
 bioset_free

On Fri, Oct 06, 2017 at 01:05:01PM -0600, Jens Axboe wrote:
> On 10/06/2017 12:45 PM, Tim Hansen wrote:
> > This patch removes redundant checks for null values on bio_pool and bvec_pool.
> > 
> > Found using make coccicheck M=block/ on linux-net tree on the next-20170929 tag.
> > 
> > Related to patch 9987695 that removed similar checks in bio-integrity. 
> 
> Applied, but ditto on the line length. Additionally, I killed that reference
> to "patch 9987695", I don't know what that means? What does that refer to?
> 
> -- 
> Jens Axboe
> 

The patch number I referenced is what is used on patchwork.com to
reference a patch under review.  I'll leave that out in the next message.
What is the proper manner of referencing another patch thats still in 
review?