netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 05/12] ionic: add hw timestamp support files

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Date:   Mon, 5 Apr 2021 11:17:19 -0700
From:   Richard Cochran <richardcochran@...il.com>
To:     Shannon Nelson <snelson@...sando.io>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net, kuba@...nel.org,
        drivers@...sando.io, Allen Hubbe <allenbh@...sando.io>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 05/12] ionic: add hw timestamp support files

On Mon, Apr 05, 2021 at 09:16:39AM -0700, Shannon Nelson wrote:
> On 4/4/21 4:05 PM, Richard Cochran wrote:
> > This check is unneeded, because the ioctl layer never passes NULL here.
> 
> Yes, the ioctl layer never calls this with NULL, but we call it from within
> the driver when we spin operations back up after a FW reset.

So why not avoid the special case and pass a proper request?

Thanks,
Richard