linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 0/2] staging: vt6656: Check the return value of vnt_control_out

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Message-ID: <20200425133345.GA3213@ubuntu>
Date:   Sat, 25 Apr 2020 15:33:45 +0200
From:   Oscar Carter <oscar.carter@....com>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     Oscar Carter <oscar.carter@....com>,
        Forest Bond <forest@...ttletooquiet.net>,
        devel@...verdev.osuosl.org, Malcolm Priestley <tvboxspy@...il.com>,
        "John B. Wyatt IV" <jbwyatt4@...il.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Stefano Brivio <sbrivio@...hat.com>,
        Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>,
        Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 0/2] staging: vt6656: Check the return value of
 vnt_control_out_* calls

On Sat, Apr 25, 2020 at 12:56:26PM +0200, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 23, 2020 at 05:38:34PM +0200, Oscar Carter wrote:
> > This patch series checks the return value of vnt_control_out_* function
> > calls.
> >
> > The first patch checks the return value and when necessary modify the
> > function prototype to be able to return the new checked error code.
> >
> > The second patch removes the documentation of functions that their
> > prototype has changed as the function names are clear enought. Also,
> > the actual documentation is not correct in all cases.
> >
> > Changelog v1 -> v2
> > - Remove the function's documentation instead of fix them as suggested
> >   Malcolm Priestley.
> >
> > Changelog v2 -> v3
> > - Rebase against the staging-next branch of Greg's staging tree.
>
> Are you sure?  It still doesn't apply :(
>
> Please try again.
>
Ok, I will try again.

> thanks,
>
> greg k-h

thanks,

oscar carter