netdev - Re: [PATCH v2] hdlcdrv: replace unnecessary assertion in hdlcdrv

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Message-ID: <96cddfde-f0d9-4186-9e23-fe4285637c0f@web.de>
Date:   Tue, 17 Dec 2019 22:27:09 +0100
From:   Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@....de>
To:     Aditya Pakki <pakki001@....edu>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Kangjie Lu <kjlu@....edu>, "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Kate Stewart <kstewart@...uxfoundation.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] hdlcdrv: replace unnecessary assertion in
 hdlcdrv_register

> The three callers of hdlcdrv_register all pass valid pointers and
> do not fail. The patch eliminates the unnecessary BUG_ON assertion.

I suggest to replace the wording “The patch eliminates” by “Thus delete”
to make it imperative as desired.

Will the tag “Fixes” be added to the final change description?


> ---
>  drivers/net/hamradio/hdlcdrv.c | 2 --

Please replace these triple dashes by a blank line.

Regards,
Markus