Re: platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi: Adjustments for four function implementations

From: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
Date: Fri Dec 22 2017 - 20:40:44 EST


On Tue, 19 Dec 2017, SF Markus Elfring wrote:
> >> Delete an error message for a failed memory allocation in three functions
> >
> > This one is questionable since it prints error messages at ->init() stage.
> > I would rather not touch this.
>
> Do you find the Linux allocation failure report insufficient in this case?

Leave those pr_ messages alone, please, unless they are really causing
some sort of issue (which?).

> >> Improve a size determination in tpacpi_new_rfkill()
> >
> > Doesn't make any sense right now. One style over the other.
> > Nothing gets better or worth at this point.
>
> Would you like to care for a bit more compliance with information
> from the section â14) Allocating memoryâ in the document âcoding-style.rstâ?

No, unless the change is actually fixing something, or gives us a
down-to-earth, *real* advantage of some sort. In which case, the commit
message better do a rather good job of explaining it.

Doing it just for "compliance" with a doc isn't nearly good enough
reason.

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Henrique Holschuh