linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] usb: hso: check for return value in hso_serial_common

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Date:   Tue, 28 Jul 2020 17:30:30 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@....de>
Cc:     Rustam Kovhaev <rkovhaev@...il.com>, linux-usb@...r.kernel.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        syzbot+67b2bd0e34f952d0321e@...kaller.appspotmail.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] usb: hso: check for return value in
 hso_serial_common_create()

On Tue, Jul 28, 2020 at 03:19:00PM +0200, Markus Elfring wrote:
> > in case of an error tty_register_device_attr() returns ERR_PTR(),
> > add IS_ERR() check
> 
> I suggest to improve this change description a bit.
> 
> Will the tag “Fixes” become helpful for the commit message?
> 
> 
> …
> > +++ b/drivers/net/usb/hso.c
> …
> > @@ -2311,6 +2313,7 @@  static int hso_serial_common_create(struct hso_serial *serial, int num_urbs,
> >  	return 0;
> >  exit:
> >  	hso_serial_tty_unregister(serial);
> > +exit2:
> >  	hso_serial_common_free(serial);
> >  	return -1;
> >  }
> 
> Can other labels (like “unregister_serial” and “free_serial”) be preferred here?
> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentation/process/coding-style.rst?id=92ed301919932f777713b9172e525674157e983d#n485
> 
> Regards,
> Markus

Hi,

This is the semi-friendly patch-bot of Greg Kroah-Hartman.

Markus, you seem to have sent a nonsensical or otherwise pointless
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features with comments that, in the end, are a waste of time.

Patch submitter, please ignore Markus's suggestion; you do not need to
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