Re: [git patches] two warning fixes

[Jeff Garzik]

Linus Torvalds wrote:
> So let's make a new rule:
>
>   We absolutely NEVER add things like "must_check" unless not checking 
>   causes a real and obvious SECURITY ISSUE.
>
>   And we absolutely *never* add crap like "deprecated", where the only 
>   point of the warning is to effectively hide *real* problems.
>
> So realistically, the only thing that needs must_check is pretty much 
> things like "get_user()" and quite frankly, I'm not sure even about that 
> one.
>
> Ok?


Sounds great to me...  My overall goal is killing useless warnings that 
continually obscure real ones.

	Jeff


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