netdev - Re: [PATCH -next] pps: using ERR_PTR instead of NULL while pps_register

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Date:   Tue, 27 Nov 2018 08:34:10 +0100
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Rodolfo Giometti <giometti@...eenne.com>
Cc:     YueHaibing <yuehaibing@...wei.com>, davem@...emloft.net,
        richardcochran@...il.com, sudipm.mukherjee@...il.com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH -next] pps: using ERR_PTR instead of NULL while
 pps_register_source fails

On Mon, Nov 26, 2018 at 11:43:06AM +0100, Rodolfo Giometti wrote:
> On 26/11/2018 11:24, YueHaibing wrote:
> > pps_register_source() has keeps error codes in a local variable,
> > but it does not make use of the code. This patch let it return
> > the errcode in case of failure.
> > 
> > Suggested-by: Richard Cochran <richardcochran@...il.com>
> > Signed-off-by: YueHaibing <yuehaibing@...wei.com>
> 
> Acked-by: Rodolfo Giometti <giometti@...eenne.com>

You are the maintainer of this file, shouldn't you be the one sending it
off to Linus or putting it in your tree somewhere?

thanks,

greg k-h