linux-kernel - Re: tps65090-charger: Delete an error message for a failed memory allocation in two functions

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Message-ID: <1513456839.4647.53.camel@perches.com>
Date:   Sat, 16 Dec 2017 12:40:39 -0800
From:   Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:     SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>,
        linux-pm@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Sebastian Reichel <sre@...nel.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: tps65090-charger: Delete an error message for a failed memory
 allocation in two functions

On Sat, 2017-12-16 at 21:30 +0100, SF Markus Elfring wrote:
> > > Omit an extra message for a memory allocation failure in these functions.
> > 
> > Because???
> > 
> > Fix your commit message.
> > 
> > Say _WHY_ should this be applied.
> 
> I am still waiting for possibilities to improve also the corresponding
> reference documentation somehow as you know it already.

Don't submit any more patches until you do
have this resolved.