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[79.22.100.164]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id w5sm10972012ejz.25.2021.08.25.03.51.51 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Wed, 25 Aug 2021 03:51:52 -0700 (PDT) From: "Fabio M. De Francesco" To: Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net, phil@philpotter.co.uk, gregkh@linuxfoundation.org, straube.linux@gmail.com, Pavel Skripkin Cc: linux-staging@lists.linux.dev, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 4/6] staging: r8188eu: add error handling of rtw_read16 Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2021 12:51:51 +0200 Message-ID: <10877752.rW0qT3HDr3@localhost.localdomain> In-Reply-To: <794dfd94-fe88-43ac-c4ec-9ff7df9db6de@gmail.com> References: <2227654.mbYB7oqmoa@localhost.localdomain> <794dfd94-fe88-43ac-c4ec-9ff7df9db6de@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wednesday, August 25, 2021 11:55:37 AM CEST Pavel Skripkin wrote: > On 8/25/21 12:48 PM, Fabio M. De Francesco wrote: > > On Wednesday, August 25, 2021 10:22:16 AM CEST Pavel Skripkin wrote: > >> On 8/25/21 7:35 AM, Fabio M. De Francesco wrote: > >> > Dear Pavel, > >> > > >> > Please note that if and when my patch "Use usb_control_msg_recv / send () in > >> > usbctrl_vendorreq ()" will be merged, "if (res! = len)" will always evaluate 'true' > >> > and usb_read16 () will always return -EIO even if usbctrl_vendorreq () succeeds. > >> > > >> > >> Yep, thank you, but it depends on which series will go in first :) > >> > >> There is a chance, that you will need to clean up this part, if mine > >> will be merged before yours > >> > > > > Ha-ha ... I know that beautiful rule: whoever breaks must fix! > > However there should be another rule which says that > > the old (me) takes precedence over the young (you) :-) > > > > The main problem, that no one knows who is the "old". Greg can take > patches in any order he wants, because they are naturally independent :) > > > We only can say smth like "this one depends on this one" as reply to > patch to inform Greg about the situation. > > > Seriously, thank you so much for your help and the "Reviewed by" > > tag on my work. > > > > You too :) We are doing same job here for the good of community and > kernel itself > Pavel, Dan, Did you really take my "old" vs. "young" precedence rule seriously? I was just kidding, ahead of thanking Pavel for his "Reviewed-by" tag to my patch. That statement deserved no comment. I thought it was clear it was just a joke :) Thanks, Fabio > > > With regards, > Pavel Skripkin >