On Wed 13-07-16 01:03:10, Chen Gang wrote: > On 7/12/16 05:17, Andrew Morton wrote: > > On Sun, 10 Jul 2016 01:17:05 +0800 cheng...@emindsoft.com.cn wrote: > > > >> For a pure output parameter: > >> > >> - When callee fails, the caller should not assume the output parameter > >> is still valid. > >> > >> - And callee should not assume the pure output parameter must be > >> provided by caller -- caller has right to pass NULL when caller does > >> not care about it. > > > > Sorry, I don't think this one is worth merging really. > > > > OK, thanks, I can understand. > > It will be better if provide more details: e.g. > > - This patch is incorrect, or the comments is not correct. > > - The patch is worthless, at present.
I would say the patch is not really needed. The code you are touching works just fine and there is no reason to touch it unless this is a part of a larger change where future changes would be easier to review/implement. -- Michal Hocko SUSE Labs
