linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 5.10 1/1] usb: musb: core: drop redundant checks

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Message-ID: <ZBFJEoDcdUI2PyVK@kroah.com>
Date:   Wed, 15 Mar 2023 05:26:58 +0100
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     listdansp <listdansp@...l.ru>
Cc:     stable@...r.kernel.org, Bin Liu <b-liu@...com>,
        linux-usb@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        lvc-project@...uxtesting.org, Sergey Shtylyov <s.shtylyov@....ru>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5.10 1/1] usb: musb: core: drop redundant checks

On Wed, Mar 15, 2023 at 07:16:44AM +0300, listdansp wrote:
> This patch was prepare in according to secure programming conception.

I do not understand what that means.

> In practice it indeed simply remove unused code.

Yes, it did, but why should that be added to a stable kernel tree?

> If you're thinking, that this patch is useless, we don't insist on applying
> it.

I'm confused as to why you thought it should have been applied at all.
Why did your testing deem it needed?

thanks,

greg k-h