linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] axis-fifo: use devm_kasprintf() for allocating formatted strings

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Date:   Sat, 27 May 2023 14:23:16 +0530
From:   Prathu Baronia <prathubaronia2011@...il.com>
To:     Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     dan.carpenter@...aro.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev, lkp@...el.com,
        oe-kbuild-all@...ts.linux.dev, oe-kbuild@...ts.linux.dev,
        Dan Carpenter <error27@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] axis-fifo: use devm_kasprintf() for allocating
 formatted strings

On Sat, May 27, 2023 at 08:35:57AM +0100, Greg KH wrote:
> 
> Maybe error-prone, but all is fine with the original code, right?
> 
Yes, all is fine with the original code. Replaced it only because it was error-prone.

> When you have "also" in a changelog commit, that usually means this
> needs to be split out into a separate patch.  And that's the case here,
> make the first patch of the series fix the problem.  Then do your
> cleanups on later patches.
> 
Point taken, will split it in v4.

> > Fixes: d2d7aa53891e ("staging: axis-fifo: convert to use miscdevice")
> 
> changing to a different string function does not fix anything.
Right, this should only be part of the smatch warning fixing commit.

> 
> > Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@...el.com>
> 
> It did not report that you need to replace a string function, right?
> 
> See, things got messy when you mixed in changes into one.  Please break
> these up.
Understood, will do.

Prathu