2023-04-27 15:12:25

by Robert Foss

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Subject: Re: drm/bridge: it6505: Move a variable assignment behind a null pointer check in receive_timing_debugfs_show()

On Tue, Apr 25, 2023 at 4:16 PM Markus Elfring <[email protected]> wrote:
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> > This patch seems to be a part of a series without being marked as such,
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> The mentioned patch affects only a single function implementation.
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>
> > this causes issues when importing this patch with maintainer tools
> > like b4 which automatically pull in the entire series and not
> > just the specific patch.
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> It is a pity that there are special technical difficulties.
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>
> > Either label the patch as being part of a series ( [PATCH 1/XX] ),
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> Further software modules were similarly affected.
>
> See also:
> Reconsidering pointer dereferences before null pointer checks (with SmPL)
> https://lore.kernel.org/cocci/[email protected]/
> https://sympa.inria.fr/sympa/arc/cocci/2023-04/msg00021.html
>
>
> > or submit it separately.
>
> I thought that I did that (in principle).

You can have a look at LKML for the email message-id to see the whole
thread of patches.
https://lore.kernel.org/all/[email protected]/#r

Or https://lore.kernel.org/all/$MSG_ID

Fix the email Sign-off email != Sender email issue, resubmit and I'll
be able to apply this.