linux-kernel - Re: [v5] workqueue: Remove unnecessary kfree() call in rcu_free

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Date:   Thu, 28 May 2020 17:25:18 +0200
From:   Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@....de>
To:     Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>,
        Lai Jiangshan <jiangshanlai@...il.com>
Cc:     Zhang Qiang <qiang.zhang@...driver.com>, Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [v5] workqueue: Remove unnecessary kfree() call in rcu_free_wq()

>> Still, the kfree(NULL) is harmless. But it is cleaner
>> to have the patch. But the changelog is wrong, even after
>> the lengthened debating, and English is not my mother tongue,
>> so I just looked on.
>
> We have tried to tell Markus not to advise people about commit messages

A few concerns were mentioned.


> but he doesn't listen.

I am still listening as usual.

I am offering constructive patch reviews for selected topics.


> He has discouraged some contributors.  :/

There are the usual risks that additional views are occasionally not picked up
in positive ways.

Regards,
Markus