From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751202AbdJRSMO (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 Oct 2017 14:12:14 -0400 Received: from mout.web.de ([217.72.192.78]:51407 "EHLO mout.web.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750807AbdJRSML (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 Oct 2017 14:12:11 -0400 Subject: =?UTF-8?Q?Re:_char/tpm:_Delete_an_error_message_for_a_failed_memory?= =?UTF-8?B?IGFsbG9jYXRpb24gaW4gdHBtX+KApigp?= To: Jerry Snitselaar , linux-integrity@vger.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org References: <1508244757.4234.60.camel@linux.vnet.ibm.com> <1508253453.4234.81.camel@linux.vnet.ibm.com> <9689f036-ba9f-d23b-cf89-c289bc308771@users.sourceforge.net> <20171018145735.lpzwakatsty7emlw@linux.intel.com> <351cf78a-14f6-c6e7-2902-048e7dc57a14@users.sourceforge.net> <20171018155946.e7ga7jyex6eia252@linux.intel.com> <55d76224-3019-6614-70ce-ba260bbcd54f@users.sourceforge.net> <20171018171858.3lcfr2kcp53fngwv@linux.intel.com> <20171018175412.mlj2yvyjmvmfdxzd@rhwork> Cc: Mimi Zohar , Julia Lawall , Alexander Steffen , Andy Shevchenko , Benjamin Herrenschmidt , Corentin Labbe , Jason Gunthorpe , Kenneth Goldman , Michael Ellerman , Nayna Jain , Paul Mackerras , =?UTF-8?Q?Peter_H=c3=bcwe?= , Stefan Berger , Jarkko Sakkinen , LKML , kernel-janitors@vger.kernel.org From: SF Markus Elfring Message-ID: <61fa394e-05d1-5081-f8bb-3e7dcbd6ccf9@users.sourceforge.net> Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2017 20:11:28 +0200 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/52.4.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20171018175412.mlj2yvyjmvmfdxzd@rhwork> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Language: en-GB Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Provags-ID: V03:K0:Bqi+AyTADyDh+1XaYXSK1TLdqsGE5NOyP/yAkXYVMUYVlsmOGgj fpWCqsdSABKKxDa0/3NVr/BYrM9tlBXWiF5Ek9l+eZiwSgq5CtLtUV02vMhbYHsWzzlvQon 21oU2PygLYFwd8HUAiim5M/RPLpyJU0yYcHs64a1iKjVan8mPLx/3uAJ1RERLT7VWJcA3ox ZKtk4kGihjYcPj0WOZubA== X-UI-Out-Filterresults: notjunk:1;V01:K0:zuNT+EOmvTg=:N9Jaes2dp3s+aCziiEX/V/ PXmm9YmmGbgiddVwwRPWAmN48sBqVILPytUjCT2fs37bU0xpKs91jt0k9u4Q/lTgBJ1Bawkpe C4TVgivGke3WiSW9KYY11Me5PSNQjpijls5wcd5S2kri8k01fZqMVSPep5WK2olfOy5NDzZLl ZzZGHrDdf/NjWL0FAhJoIxrF8x+5XjhmgNYNqLeIKywJt3jxCJPw39fxB7AMnWs7F/FsHKgbX gdITukhdH+m7Dve2D/nfTF/2zaE/gVtMyq7m51wBkb+xFsmNqWGQvmTcQQOYwwDQIkwWSezyg fopMR/hW4kntePb8jdL/VwYwYtw+2kNyI7r7Hscwgo60O1l8KA4Y0f/C9v6dDuJUZzse+115u YE7rezQFRMSM+yuv2pycDuPZMwqeSvfHge4Tu6Vr4Ywf6E4a0+yYC4XIFFJr9dXuD4KxAm7wL DLGEDf6bhxXl48drJc1SvDdMqIKtmGCZxEPoQZrcKkvOLwMVCap9oR9U5XgPFT5hvwXoPywzs 4RAhyGi0BtetrD68qiUdDVI6k5hhL/MLzEVoal/eNYMQiY7z4BAIPjeETUzgXBkI6d1ZfTtJb nMZUtxd1knBL02RvqmHqZISPFixqYAWC7bZdBlFCP3pnyUGAJVymIJ2VRsRqOJs4lxa0WiGnl gKTKnJwKtjeFYmWanA/B2GZ63icgrvrKClgMf3UHciqpmmJCpF4wj341f8KjJuGF26uUU7XHO fM063f4RbvVuvdC0WiZAbgRUbtJioZKgZ3OZ8WBHmjBUJhc7h6yA3e4heIroRgeszZnZds6Fp 9xSTdlxJAyPRt2JIXtU61yEI0v+oggbZiP2bxR4IV3uG2gDRUo= Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org >> Why did you not reply directly with this request for the update steps >> with the subject “Delete an error message for a failed memory allocation >> in tpm_…()”? >> >> https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/10009405/ >> https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/10009415/ >> >> I find that there can be difficulty to show an appropriate information >> source for the reasonable explanation of this change pattern. >> > > Shouldn't this information source for the explanation be the submitter? I offered a bit of information. I agree that it could become better eventually. > I'd hope they understand what it is they are submitting. I do this to some degree. ;-) But I would appreciate if I could refer to a single Linux document for this change pattern around questionable error messages. Would a corresponding link for an accepted explanation in the documentation be nice in this case? Regards, Markus