netdev - Re: [PATCH 11/15] hdlcdrv: remove HDLCDRV

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Date:   Fri, 28 Oct 2022 20:54:40 +0700
From:   Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@...il.com>
To:     наб <nabijaczleweli@...ijaczleweli.xyz>
Cc:     Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        Federico Vaga <federico.vaga@...a.pv.it>,
        Alex Shi <alexs@...nel.org>,
        Yanteng Si <siyanteng@...ngson.cn>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 11/15] hdlcdrv: remove HDLCDRV_MAGIC

On 10/27/22 05:43, наб wrote:
> We have largely moved away from this approach,
> and we have better debugging instrumentation nowadays: kill it
> 

Same reply as [1].

> Additionally, ~half HDLCDRV_MAGIC checks just early-exit instead
> of noting the bug, so they're detrimental, if anything
> 

"... instead of handling the magic number"?

Thanks.

[1]: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-doc/80c998ec-435f-158c-9b45-4e6844f7861b@gmail.com/

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