linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] ptp: fix an IS

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Date:   Thu, 6 Dec 2018 14:57:19 +0100
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Richard Cochran <richardcochran@...il.com>
Cc:     Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
        YueHaibing <yuehaibing@...wei.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] ptp: fix an IS_ERR() vs NULL check

On Thu, Dec 06, 2018 at 04:38:43AM -0800, Richard Cochran wrote:
> Greg,
> 
> On Tue, Dec 04, 2018 at 06:10:49PM +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> > On Tue, Dec 04, 2018 at 06:55:38AM -0800, Richard Cochran wrote:
> > > On Tue, Dec 04, 2018 at 10:00:33AM +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > Why did you commit 3b1ad360acad ("pps: using ERR_PTR instead of NULL
> > > > while pps_register_source fails")?  You're not listed as a maintainer so
> > > > I wouldn't have known to CC you.
> > > 
> > > I'm confused.  Where is that commit?
> 
> ...
> 
> > I'm on linux-next but originally it came from the char-misc-next tree.
> > 
> > git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/char-misc.git char-misc-next
> 
> Commit 3b1ad360acad changes a return value in the PPS core, but it is
> missing the hunk for the caller in drivers/ptp/ptp_clock.c.  Can that
> be amended?

Send me a patch or tell me what I need to revert and I will be glad to
do so :)

thanks,

greg k-h