linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] powerpc/pseries: Do not pass an error pointer to of_node_put() in pSeries_reconfig_add

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Message-ID: <434320e1-2a30-4362-9212-ca17cdde8b31@web.de>
Date: Thu, 3 Oct 2024 19:05:08 +0200
From: Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@....de>
To: kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org,
 Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@...roup.eu>,
 Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>, Nathan Lynch <nathanl@...ux.ibm.com>,
 Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@...il.com>, Paul Moore <paul@...l-moore.com>
Cc: cocci@...ia.fr, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] powerpc/pseries: Do not pass an error pointer to
 of_node_put() in pSeries_reconfig_add_node()

> Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2023 10:30:23 +0100
>
> It can be determined in the implementation of the function
> “pSeries_reconfig_add_node” that an error code would occasionally
> be provided by a call of a function like pseries_of_derive_parent().
> This error indication was passed to an of_node_put() call according to
> an attempt for exception handling so far.
…

I was notified also about the following adjustment.

…
 * linuxppc-dev: [resent,v2,1/2] powerpc/pseries: Do not pass an error pointer to of_node_put() in pSeries_reconfig_add_node()
     - http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/linuxppc-dev/patch/f5ac19db-c7d5-9a94-aa37-9bb448fe665f@web.de/
     - for: Linux PPC development
    was: New
    now: Changes Requested
…

It seems that I can not see so far why this status update happened
for any reasons.
Will further clarifications become helpful here?

Regards,
Markus