Re: [PATCH] net: dsa: Fix error handling in dsa_port_parse_of
From: Markus Elfring
Date: Sat Nov 22 2025 - 14:58:26 EST
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> returned structure, which should be balanced with a corresponding
> put_device() when the reference is no longer needed.
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* Would a corresponding imperative wording become helpful for an improved change description?
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst?h=v6.18-rc6#n94
* How do you think about to omit an extra check for the variable “err”
in the affected if branch because it can always be returned here?
* Would it be helpful to append parentheses to the function name in the summary phrase?
Regards,
Markus