>> Where should "the error pointers" be stored instead? > A local variable, before you assign it into the datastructure.
Will it be acceptable for you that anyone (or even me) will introduce such a change with a seventh (and eventually eighth) update step here? Do you want any other sequence for source code preparation of the requested software improvement? Regards, Markus -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/