linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] ia64: topology: Fix an error handling path in cache_add

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Date:   Mon, 28 Mar 2022 22:07:31 +0200
From:   John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <glaubitz@...sik.fu-berlin.de>
To:     Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>,
        Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>,
        Zhang Yanmin <yanmin.zhang@...el.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-ia64@...r.kernel.org,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] ia64: topology: Fix an error handling path in
 cache_add_dev()

Hi Christophe!

On 3/28/22 21:45, Christophe JAILLET wrote:
> For the other patch, it is just a clean-up. Based on Wikipedia, IA64 is
> discontinued, so such clean-up does not make that much sense either.
> (on the other hand, it should be eay to review and apply :) )

ia64 is still supported in Debian and Gentoo, so any kind of clean-up and
improvement of the kernel code is very welcome.

> I don't think you need to spent time on it. Sorry for the noise.

You didn't make any noise. If you have some improvements, I'm happy to test
them on my ia64 test system.

Adrian

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