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From: Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@web.de>
To: Finn Thain <fthain@telegraphics.com.au>,
	Christophe Jaillet <christophe.jaillet@wanadoo.fr>,
	netdev@vger.kernel.org
Cc: kernel-janitors@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net/sonic: Fix some resource leaks in error handling paths
Date: Sun, 10 May 2020 07:30:50 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <9d279f21-6172-5318-4e29-061277e82157@web.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LNX.2.22.394.2005100922240.11@nippy.intranet>

> Is there a way to add a Fixes tag that would not invoke the -stable
> process? And was that what you had in mind?

Christophe Jaillet proposed to complete the exception handling also for this
function implementation.
I find that such a software correction is qualified for this tag.
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst?id=e99332e7b4cda6e60f5b5916cf9943a79dbef902#n183

Corresponding consequences can vary then according to the change management
of involved developers.


> I think 'undo_probe1' is both descriptive and consistent with commit
> 10e3cc180e64 ("net/sonic: Fix a resource leak in an error handling path in
> 'jazz_sonic_probe()'").

I can agree to this view (in principle).

By the way:
The referenced commit contains the tag “Fixes”.
https://lore.kernel.org/patchwork/patch/1231354/
https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20200427061803.53857-1-christophe.jaillet@wanadoo.fr/


> Your suggestion, 'free_dma' is also good.

Thanks for your positive feedback.


> But coming up with good alternatives is easy.

But the change acceptance can occasionally become harder.


> If every good alternative would be considered there would be no obvious way
> to get a patch merged.

I imagine that some alternatives can result in preferable solutions, can't they?
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentation/process/coding-style.rst?id=e99332e7b4cda6e60f5b5916cf9943a79dbef902#n460

Regards,
Markus

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From: Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@web.de>
To: Finn Thain <fthain@telegraphics.com.au>,
	Christophe Jaillet <christophe.jaillet@wanadoo.fr>,
	netdev@vger.kernel.org
Cc: kernel-janitors@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net/sonic: Fix some resource leaks in error handling paths
Date: Sun, 10 May 2020 05:30:50 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <9d279f21-6172-5318-4e29-061277e82157@web.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LNX.2.22.394.2005100922240.11@nippy.intranet>

> Is there a way to add a Fixes tag that would not invoke the -stable
> process? And was that what you had in mind?

Christophe Jaillet proposed to complete the exception handling also for this
function implementation.
I find that such a software correction is qualified for this tag.
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst?id=e99332e7b4cda6e60f5b5916cf9943a79dbef902#n183

Corresponding consequences can vary then according to the change management
of involved developers.


> I think 'undo_probe1' is both descriptive and consistent with commit
> 10e3cc180e64 ("net/sonic: Fix a resource leak in an error handling path in
> 'jazz_sonic_probe()'").

I can agree to this view (in principle).

By the way:
The referenced commit contains the tag “Fixes”.
https://lore.kernel.org/patchwork/patch/1231354/
https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20200427061803.53857-1-christophe.jaillet@wanadoo.fr/


> Your suggestion, 'free_dma' is also good.

Thanks for your positive feedback.


> But coming up with good alternatives is easy.

But the change acceptance can occasionally become harder.


> If every good alternative would be considered there would be no obvious way
> to get a patch merged.

I imagine that some alternatives can result in preferable solutions, can't they?
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentation/process/coding-style.rst?id=e99332e7b4cda6e60f5b5916cf9943a79dbef902#n460

Regards,
Markus

  reply	other threads:[~2020-05-10  5:31 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 52+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-05-09  6:15 [PATCH] net/sonic: Fix some resource leaks in error handling paths Markus Elfring
2020-05-09  6:15 ` Markus Elfring
2020-05-09 23:45 ` Finn Thain
2020-05-09 23:45   ` Finn Thain
2020-05-10  5:30   ` Markus Elfring [this message]
2020-05-10  5:30     ` Markus Elfring
2020-05-10  8:25     ` Finn Thain
2020-05-10  8:25       ` Finn Thain
2020-05-10  9:07       ` Markus Elfring
2020-05-10  9:07         ` Markus Elfring
2020-05-11  0:28         ` Finn Thain
2020-05-11  0:28           ` Finn Thain
2020-05-11  6:48           ` Markus Elfring
2020-05-11  6:48             ` Markus Elfring
2020-05-12  0:08             ` Finn Thain
2020-05-12  0:08               ` Finn Thain
2020-05-12  6:38               ` Markus Elfring
2020-05-12  6:38                 ` Markus Elfring
2020-05-13  1:14                 ` Finn Thain
2020-05-13  1:14                   ` Finn Thain
2020-05-13  5:07                   ` net/sonic: Software evolution around the application of coding standards Markus Elfring
2020-05-13  5:07                     ` Markus Elfring
2020-05-13 23:16                     ` Finn Thain
2020-05-13 23:16                       ` Finn Thain
2020-05-11  8:20           ` net/sonic: Fix some resource leaks in error handling paths Markus Elfring
2020-05-11  8:20             ` Markus Elfring
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2020-05-08 17:25 [PATCH] " Christophe JAILLET
2020-05-08 17:25 ` Christophe JAILLET
2020-05-08 23:28 ` Finn Thain
2020-05-08 23:28   ` Finn Thain
2020-05-09  0:57 ` Jakub Kicinski
2020-05-09  0:57   ` Jakub Kicinski
2020-05-09  1:57   ` Finn Thain
2020-05-09  1:57     ` Finn Thain
2020-05-09  2:04     ` Jakub Kicinski
2020-05-09  2:04       ` Jakub Kicinski
2020-05-09  1:54 ` Jakub Kicinski
2020-05-09  1:54   ` Jakub Kicinski
2020-05-09 16:47   ` Christophe JAILLET
2020-05-09 16:47     ` Christophe JAILLET
2020-05-09 18:13     ` Jakub Kicinski
2020-05-09 18:13       ` Jakub Kicinski
2020-05-09 20:31       ` Christophe JAILLET
2020-05-09 20:31         ` Christophe JAILLET
2020-05-09 22:42       ` Joe Perches
2020-05-09 22:42         ` Joe Perches
2020-05-09 23:32         ` David Miller
2020-05-09 23:32           ` David Miller
2020-05-09 23:41           ` Joe Perches
2020-05-09 23:41             ` Joe Perches
2020-05-09 23:52   ` Finn Thain
2020-05-09 23:52     ` Finn Thain

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