linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 03/19] staging: r8188eu: release_firmware is not called if allocation fails

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Message-ID: <2a79a17c-5cfd-9aec-cf44-b44fb382eb6c@gmail.com>
Date:   Fri, 7 Jan 2022 14:26:59 +0300
From:   Pavel Skripkin <paskripkin@...il.com>
To:     Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     Michael Straube <straube.linux@...il.com>,
        Larry.Finger@...inger.net, phil@...lpotter.co.uk,
        linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 03/19] staging: r8188eu: release_firmware is not called if
 allocation fails

Hi Greg,

On 1/7/22 14:25, Greg KH wrote:
>> Or, maybe, Greg knows some magic that will help here, we can wait him before
>> you resend 20 patch series :)
> 
> It's just not worth it for this staging driver, and for an allocation
> failure, to be backported here.  Allocation failures almost never happen
> in real-world situations, and if they do, they are not alone, so this
> would be the least of the problems happening here.
> 
> So no need to care about it, I can take this as-is.
> 

Got it, thanks.


With regards,
Pavel Skripkin