From: SF Markus Elfring <elfr...@users.sourceforge.net>
Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2014 18:23:08 +0100
>>> Where should "the error pointers" be stored instead?
>>
>> A local variable, before you assign it into the datastructure.
>
> I have looked at the affected software infrastructure once more.
> Now I find still that your data reorgansisation wish can not be resolved
> in a simple way.
I'm saying to leave the code alone.
If it goes:
var = foo_that_returns_ptr_err()
if (IS_ERR(var))
return PTR_ERR(var);
p->bar = var;
or whatever, simply keep it that way!
I'm not engaging in this conversation any further, you have already
consumed way too much of my limited time on this incredibly trivial
matter.
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