linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v0 16/42] USB: Check notifier registration return value

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Date:   Mon, 8 Nov 2021 15:09:04 +0100
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:     Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, linux-usb@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v0 16/42] USB: Check notifier registration return value

On Mon, Nov 08, 2021 at 09:05:53AM -0500, Alan Stern wrote:
> This is a rather misleading description.  The patch does exactly the 
> opposite: It _adds_ a homegrown notifier registration check.  (Homegrown 
> in the sense that the check is made by the individual caller rather than 
> being centralized in the routine being called.)

See the 0th message - there is a link to another example of what I mean
with "homegrown" but I see your point.

Thx.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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