Re: [4/4] mwifiex: pcie: de-duplicate buffer allocation code

[Brian Norris]

Hi Kalle,

On Mon, Mar 20, 2017 at 05:08:35PM +0000, Kalle Valo wrote:
> Brian Norris <briannorris@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > This code was duplicated as part of the PCIe FLR code added to this
> > driver. Let's de-duplicate it to:
> > 
> >  * make things easier to read (mwifiex_pcie_free_buffers() now has a
> >    corresponding mwifiex_pcie_alloc_buffers())
> >  * reduce likelihood of bugs
> >  * make error logging equally verbose
> >  * save lines of code!
> > 
> > Also drop some of the commentary that isn't really needed.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Brian Norris <briannorris@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Failed to apply:
> 
> fatal: sha1 information is lacking or useless (drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/pcie.c).
> error: could not build fake ancestor
> Applying: mwifiex: pcie: de-duplicate buffer allocation code
> Patch failed at 0001 mwifiex: pcie: de-duplicate buffer allocation code
> The copy of the patch that failed is found in: .git/rebase-apply/patch
> 
> Patch set to Changes Requested.

This applies fine to your wireless-drivers/master branch for me, where
patches 1-3 were applied. Are you applying this to
wireless-drivers-next? It's quite understandable that patch 4 wouldn't
apply there, as you've stripped out the previous patches...

Brian