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Date: Fri, 8 Dec 2017 14:11:44 +0300
From: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com>
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Subject: Re: USB: hub: Delete an error message for a failed memory allocation
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On Wed, Dec 06, 2017 at 09:20:05PM +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> Hi Markus,
> 
> On Wed, Dec 6, 2017 at 6:51 PM, SF Markus Elfring
> <elfring@users.sourceforge.net> wrote:
> >> The system will come to a grinding halt anyway if it can't allocate 24 or 40 bytes.
> >
> > Maybe.
> 
> Since you've been sending zillions of patches for this, perhaps the time
> is ripe to actually try to trigger this, and see what happens?
> 
> >> Which is BTW more or less the amount of memory saved by killing
> >> the useless (error) message.
> >
> > Would you dare to resend this update suggestion after such a view?
> 
> Of course. That was implied.
> 

No.  Greg maintains USB and he's has blocked Markus, because he never
listens to feedback but instead just repsonds that he has a different
opinion.

regards,
dan carpenter