[PATCH v3] powerpc/powernv: add NULL check after kzalloc in opal_add_one_export

Markus Elfring Markus.Elfring at web.de
Mon Apr 6 20:02:11 AEST 2020


>>>> Here needs a NULL check.
>> quite obvious?

I suggest to consider another fine-tuning for the wording also around
such “obvious” programming items.


>>> I find this change description questionable
>>> (despite of a reasonable patch subject).

I got further development concerns.
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst?id=a10c9c710f9ecea87b9f4bbb837467893b4bef01#n129

* Were changes mixed for different issues according to the diff code?

* I find it safer here to split specific changes into separate update steps
  for a small patch series.

* Will the addition of the desired null pointer check qualify for
  the specification of the tag “Fixes”?


>>> Will a patch change log be helpful here?
>> I realized I should write some change log, and the change log was meaningless.

Will any more adjustments happen for the discussed update suggestion
after the third patch version?


> The changelog is fine IMO. The point of a changelog is to tell a
> reader doing git archeology why a change happened and this is
> sufficent for that.

We might stumble on a different understanding for the affected “change logs”.
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst?id=a10c9c710f9ecea87b9f4bbb837467893b4bef01#n751

Would you like to follow the patch evolution a bit easier?

Regards,
Markus


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