linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] RDMA/core: Remove NULL check before dev

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Date: Thu, 2 May 2024 08:28:23 +0200
From: Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@....de>
To: Jules Irenge <jbi.octave@...il.com>, linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org,
 kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, Leon Romanovsky <leon@...nel.org>
Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
 "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavoars@...nel.org>, Jason Gunthorpe
 <jgg@...pe.ca>, Shifeng Li <lishifeng@...gfor.com.cn>, wenglianfa@...wei.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] RDMA/core: Remove NULL check before dev_{put, hold}

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> There is no need to check before using dev_{put, hold}

How do you think about to improve the change description with a corresponding imperative wording?
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst?h=v6.9-rc6#n94

Regards,
Markus