linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ASoC: soc-ac97: Fix the incorrect description

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Message-ID: <c5264db6-857e-4047-82ed-549f06f38681@web.de>
Date: Sun, 8 Sep 2024 17:15:12 +0200
From: Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@....de>
To: Tang Bin <tangbin@...s.chinamobile.com>, linux-sound@...r.kernel.org,
 Jaroslav Kysela <perex@...ex.cz>, Liam Girdwood <lgirdwood@...il.com>,
 Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>, Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.com>
Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ASoC: soc-ac97: Fix the incorrect description

> In the function snd_soc_alloc_ac97_component &
> snd_soc_new_ac97_component, the error return is
> ERR_PTR, so fix the incorrect description.

1. You may occasionally put more than 47 characters into text lines
   of such a change description.

2. How do you think about to use the term “error pointer” here
   (instead of the mentioned inline function name)?
   https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v6.11-rc6/source/include/linux/err.h#L31

Regards,
Markus