On Thu, Sep 21, 2017 at 10:12:56AM +0200, SF Markus Elfring wrote: > >> MIME-Version: 1.0 > >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > >> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit > >> > > > > You've been told several times that this stuff doesn't work. > > This functionality might not exactly work in the way that you expect so far. > > > > Try applying this patch with `git am` and you'll see why. > > I find that these extra message fields work in the way that was designed > by the Git software developers. > > elfring@Sonne:~/Projekte/Linux/next-patched> LANG=C git checkout -b next_deletion_of_oom_messages_in_s2255drv_test_20170921 next_deletion_of_oom_messages-20170905 && LANG=C git am '../[PATCH 2_5] [media] s2255drv: Adjust 13 checks for null pointers.eml' > Switched to a new branch 'next_deletion_of_oom_messages_in_s2255drv_test_20170921' > Applying: s2255drv: Adjust 13 checks for null pointers > > > Would you like to clarify corresponding concerns any more? > Look at the `git log` and it just copies those lines: commit 2a47170a824697783d8c2d28355a806f075c76e4 (HEAD) Author: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Wed Sep 20 16:46:19 2017 +0200 s2255drv: Adjust 13 checks for null pointers MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit The script “checkpatch.pl” pointed information out like the following. Comparison to NULL could be written !… Thus fix the affected source code places. regards, dan carpenter