Re: Linux 2.6.38-rc4 (hysdn: BUG)

From: Linus Torvalds
Date: Wed Feb 09 2011 - 17:01:44 EST


On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 1:57 PM, David Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> I propose we just kill this stuff off completely.
>
> I note that there is code in other places of this driver that copy
> the read-only revision string into a local string buffer then pass
> it into the hysdn_getrev() function, it just doesn't happen in this
> one spot.
>
> Anyways, I think I'll fix this like so:

Ack from me. Removing terminally buggy and pointless code is certainly
better than trying to fix it up. No amount of lipstick will make that
pig look good.

Linus
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