linux-kernel - Re: USB: hub: Delete an error message for a failed memory allocation in usb_hub_clear_tt

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Date:   Fri, 8 Dec 2017 14:11:44 +0300
From:   Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
To:     Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
Cc:     SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>,
        USB list <linux-usb@...r.kernel.org>,
        Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>,
        Daniel Drake <drake@...lessm.com>,
        Dmitry Fleytman <dmitry@...nix.com>,
        Eugene Korenevsky <ekorenevsky@...il.com>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Günter Röck <linux@...ck-us.net>,
        Johan Hovold <johan@...nel.org>,
        Mathias Nyman <mathias.nyman@...ux.intel.com>,
        Peter Chen <peter.chen@....com>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org" <kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: USB: hub: Delete an error message for a failed memory allocation
 in usb_hub_clear_tt_buffer()

On Wed, Dec 06, 2017 at 09:20:05PM +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> Hi Markus,
> 
> On Wed, Dec 6, 2017 at 6:51 PM, SF Markus Elfring
> <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net> wrote:
> >> The system will come to a grinding halt anyway if it can't allocate 24 or 40 bytes.
> >
> > Maybe.
> 
> Since you've been sending zillions of patches for this, perhaps the time
> is ripe to actually try to trigger this, and see what happens?
> 
> >> Which is BTW more or less the amount of memory saved by killing
> >> the useless (error) message.
> >
> > Would you dare to resend this update suggestion after such a view?
> 
> Of course. That was implied.
> 

No.  Greg maintains USB and he's has blocked Markus, because he never
listens to feedback but instead just repsonds that he has a different
opinion.

regards,
dan carpenter