linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 4/6] staging: r8188eu: add error handling of rtw

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Message-ID: <2227654.mbYB7oqmoa@localhost.localdomain>
Date:   Wed, 25 Aug 2021 11:48:05 +0200
From:   "Fabio M. De Francesco" <fmdefrancesco@...il.com>
To:     Larry.Finger@...inger.net, phil@...lpotter.co.uk,
        gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, straube.linux@...il.com,
        Pavel Skripkin <paskripkin@...il.com>
Cc:     linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 4/6] staging: r8188eu: add error handling of rtw_read16

On Wednesday, August 25, 2021 10:22:16 AM CEST Pavel Skripkin wrote:
> On 8/25/21 7:35 AM, Fabio M. De Francesco wrote:
> > Dear Pavel,
> > 
> > Please note that if and when my patch "Use usb_control_msg_recv / send () in
> > usbctrl_vendorreq ()" will be merged, "if (res! = len)" will always evaluate 'true'
> > and usb_read16 () will always return -EIO even if usbctrl_vendorreq () succeeds.
> > 
> 
> Yep, thank you, but it depends on which series will go in first :)
> 
> There is a chance, that you will need to clean up this part, if mine 
> will be merged before yours
> 

Ha-ha ... I know that beautiful rule: whoever breaks must fix! 
However there should be another rule which says that
the old (me) takes precedence over the young (you) :-)

Seriously, thank you so much for your help and the "Reviewed by" 
tag on my work.

Regards,

Fabio
  
> With regards,
> Pavel Skripkin
>