Re: [PATCH] TC: Delete an error message for a failed memory allocation in tc_bus_add_devices()

[SF Markus Elfring]

>  However I would indeed prefer that a commit description is at least 
> exhaustive enough for such a dumb reviewer as I am to understand what is 
> going on right away.

I can follow your desire in principle.


> So please make it say at least:
> 
> "Remove an extraneous message that duplicates the diagnostic already 
> provided by `kzalloc' for a memory allocation failure in this function."

How much clarification can such a wording bring to the software situation
if the desired data structures might be still unclear for âthe diagnosticâ?


> or suchlike in v2 for me to apply a Reviewed-by: tag.

Are you interested in a safe description for a default Linux allocation
failure report?

How do you think about corresponding reference documentation
(besides source code)?

Regards,
Markus