Re: [PATCH] arch/avr32: Fix build failure for avr32 caused by typo

From: Hans-Christian Egtvedt
Date: Mon Dec 28 2009 - 06:07:44 EST


On Mon, 28 Dec 2009 11:34:36 +0100
Peter HÃwe <PeterHuewe@xxxxxx> wrote:

> Am Montag 28 Dezember 2009 11:20:28 schrieb Haavard Skinnemoen:
> > Peter HÃwe <PeterHuewe@xxxxxx> wrote:
> > > Great, thanks for the update.
> > > The only thing that still catches my eye is that the kzalloc line can
> > > fail, so you should perhaps add something like
> > > if (!slave) {
> > > printk(KERN_ERR "No memory left for at32ap700x: at32_add_device_mc");
> > > goto fail;
> > > }
> >
> > I agree, except that this is extremely unlikely to happen, so we should
> > either drop the printk() or use pr_debug() in order to waste as little
> > memory as possible in production systems.
> ok.
>

I skipped the print message, as no other platform devices will print
similar information. If people really need this kind of information
they could provide a patch adding it for all the platform devices.

> > I think your first patch is good as it is, so I will apply it. Please
> > send any additional fixes as a separate patch.
>
> Okay thanks for applying.
>
> @Hans: can you create the cleanup patch or should I ?
>

I'll do it, should arrive here shortly.

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Best regards,
Hans-Christian Egtvedt
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