linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH v2 0/4] staging: vt6655: Implement allocation failure handling

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Date:   Thu, 29 Sep 2022 22:30:35 +0200
From:   Philipp Hortmann <philipp.g.hortmann@...il.com>
To:     Nam Cao <namcaov@...il.com>, forest@...ttletooquiet.net,
        gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, dan.carpenter@...cle.com
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v2 0/4] staging: vt6655: Implement allocation failure
 handling

On 9/28/22 19:21, Nam Cao wrote:
> This driver does not handle allocation failure when receiving data very
> well. This patchset implements better handling in the case of allocation
> failure.
> 
> Also do some necessary clean-up to implement this.
> 
> v2:
>    - squash 3 commits that were doing a single thing
>    - add new commit which removes a redundant assignment
>    - take device_init_rx_desc() out of unnecessary else condition.
>    - remove return statement at the end of void function
>    - add a missing rd = rd->next statement in device_rx_srv(): because
>      we already drop the current buffer, we should move on to the next
>      buffer in the ring where new data will be written to.
> 
> Nam Cao (4):
>    staging: vt6655: remove redundant if condition
>    staging: vt6655: change vnt_receive_frame return type to void
>    staging: vt6655: remove redundant assignment
>    staging: vt6655: implement allocation failure handling
> 
>   drivers/staging/vt6655/device_main.c | 40 +++++++++++++++++-----------
>   drivers/staging/vt6655/dpc.c         |  8 +++---
>   drivers/staging/vt6655/dpc.h         |  2 +-
>   3 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)
> 

Tested-by: Philipp Hortmann <philipp.g.hortmann@...il.com>