linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 5/7] rslib: Fix handling of of caller provided syndrome

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Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.21.1906172247570.1963@nanos.tec.linutronix.de>
Date:   Mon, 17 Jun 2019 22:49:11 +0200 (CEST)
From:   Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:     Ferdinand Blomqvist <ferdinand.blomqvist@...il.com>
cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 5/7] rslib: Fix handling of of caller provided
 syndrome

On Sat, 30 Mar 2019, Ferdinand Blomqvist wrote:

> Check if the syndrome provided by the caller is zero, and act
> accordingly.

Makes sense. IIRC I did not add that as the only caller doing this back
then checked that at the call site. But yes for correctness sake this is a
good change.

Thanks,

	tglx