linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] media: saa7146: Avoid using BUG

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Date:   Mon, 16 Dec 2019 11:22:33 +0100
From:   Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@....de>
To:     Aditya Pakki <pakki001@....edu>, linux-media@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@...all.nl>,
        Kangjie Lu <kjlu@....edu>,
        Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] media: saa7146: Avoid using BUG_ON as an assertion

…
> +++ b/drivers/media/common/saa7146/saa7146_video.c
@@ -345,7 +345,8 @@ static int video_begin(struct saa7146_fh *fh)
…
-	BUG_ON(NULL == fmt);
+	if (NULL == fmt)
…

Would you like to express a null pointer check in a succinct way?

+	if (!fmt)


Will the tag “Fixes” become helpful for the change description?

Regards,
Markus