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Message-ID: <20221025115214.26a12211@kernel.org>
Date:   Tue, 25 Oct 2022 11:52:14 -0700
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     "Russell King (Oracle)" <linux@...linux.org.uk>
Cc:     kernel test robot <lkp@...el.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        ntfs3@...ts.linux.dev, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-parisc@...r.kernel.org, linux-mediatek@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        amd-gfx@...ts.freedesktop.org,
        Linux Memory Management List <linux-mm@...ck.org>
Subject: Re: [linux-next:master] BUILD SUCCESS WITH WARNING
 76cf65d1377f733af1e2a55233e3353ffa577f54

On Tue, 25 Oct 2022 09:21:07 +0100 Russell King (Oracle) wrote:
> Not me, Sean. My original implementation of phylink_validate_mask_caps()
> doesn't know anything about rate matching, so my version didn't have
> this issue.
> 
> Sean's version of my patch (which is what was submitted) added the
> dereference that causes this, so, it's up to Sean to figure out a fix -
> but he reading his follow up to the build bot's message, he seems to
> be passing it over to me to fix!
> 
> I've got other issues to be worked on right now, and have no time to
> spare to fix other people's mistakes. Sorry.
> 
> You can't always rely on the apparent author mentioned in the commit to
> be the actual person responsible for the changes in a patch.

Eh, confusing authorship trail, sorry.

I'll send a patch to drop the if (), if it's really needed we'll hear
about it sooner or later.