On Thu, Nov 26, 2015 at 08:08:28AM +0100, SF Markus Elfring wrote: > Am 25.11.2015 um 17:39 schrieb Greg Kroah-Hartman: > > On Thu, Nov 05, 2015 at 01:20:33PM +0100, SF Markus Elfring wrote: > >> From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > >> Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2015 12:48:58 +0100 > >> > >> The functions "kfree" and "kobject_put" were called in a few cases by the > >> function "class_register_type" during error handling even if the passed > >> variable contained a null pointer. > >> > >> This implementation detail could be improved by the adjustment of > >> jump targets. > >> > >> Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > >> --- > >> drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdclass/genops.c | 26 +++++++++++++++---------- > >> 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) > > > > Does not apply to my staging-next branch :( > > I get also a result like the following together with the software "Linux next-20151126". ;-) > > elfring@Sonne:~/Projekte/Linux/next-patched> LANG=C git apply ~/Projekte/Bau/Linux/scripts/Coccinelle/deletions1/next/20151102/Flicken/0003-staging-lustre-Less-function-calls-in-class_register.patch > error: patch failed: drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdclass/genops.c:214 > error: drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdclass/genops.c: patch does not apply > > > Do you try this update suggestion out without integrating the corresponding previous > update suggestion "Delete unnecessary checks before two function calls" > where I proposed to remove extra checks before a few calls of the function "kobject_put" > (which seems to matter for the patch hunk in the shown error message)? > https://lkml.org/lkml/2015/11/5/276 > https://www.mail-archive.com/linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/msg1013635.html I guess so, I don't remember, I don't see any patches from you earlier in my "todo" mbox. > Would you like to reject the first update step from this patch series > so that I need to adapt my approach to your software design decision? I have no idea what you are talking about. I have no recolection of previous patches or conversations about your patches. greg k-h -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kernel-janitors" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
