Re: drm/bridge: it6505: Move a variable assignment behind a null pointer check in receive_timing_debugfs_show()

From: Robert Foss
Date: Thu Apr 27 2023 - 11:11:16 EST


On Tue, Apr 25, 2023 at 4:16 PM Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@xxxxxx> wrote:
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> > This patch seems to be a part of a series without being marked as such,
>
> The mentioned patch affects only a single function implementation.
>
>
> > this causes issues when importing this patch with maintainer tools
> > like b4 which automatically pull in the entire series and not
> > just the specific patch.
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> It is a pity that there are special technical difficulties.
>
>
> > Either label the patch as being part of a series ( [PATCH 1/XX] ),
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> Further software modules were similarly affected.
>
> See also:
> Reconsidering pointer dereferences before null pointer checks (with SmPL)
> https://lore.kernel.org/cocci/1a11455f-ab57-dce0-1677-6beb8492a257@xxxxxx/
> https://sympa.inria.fr/sympa/arc/cocci/2023-04/msg00021.html
>
>
> > or submit it separately.
>
> I thought that I did that (in principle).

You can have a look at LKML for the email message-id to see the whole
thread of patches.
https://lore.kernel.org/all/14636275-4d26-d639-5f6e-293fc6d1c4c6@xxxxxx/#r

Or https://lore.kernel.org/all/$MSG_ID

Fix the email Sign-off email != Sender email issue, resubmit and I'll
be able to apply this.