netdev - Re: [PATCH v2] mdio_bus: suppress err message for reset gpio EPROBE

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Message-ID: <20201120145026.GM1853236@lunn.ch>
Date:   Fri, 20 Nov 2020 15:50:26 +0100
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:     Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Cc:     Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>,
        Grygorii Strashko <grygorii.strashko@...com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] mdio_bus: suppress err message for reset gpio
 EPROBE_DEFER

Hi Joe

> reverse xmas tree is completely crazy.
> 
> But I posted a patch to checkpatch to suggest it for net/
> and drivers/net/ once
> 
> https://lkml.org/lkml/2016/11/4/54
 

> From Joe Perches <> 
>
...

> and the reverse xmas tree helpfulness of looking up the
> type of bar is neither obvious nor easy.
>
> My preference would be for a bar that serves coffee and alcohol.

Ah, those were the days.

Anyway, can this patch be brought back to life, with the problem
pointed out fixed? It is still something we do in netdev, and a
machine can spot these problems better than a human maintainer or
developer.

Thanks
	Andrew