Re: [PATCH] Proposed removal of IS_ERR_OR_NULL() (was: Re: [PATCH1/4] gpiolib: introduce descriptor-based GPIO interface)

[Linus Walleij]

On Wed, Jan 9, 2013 at 4:04 PM, Russell King - ARM Linux
<linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> So, it seems there's some concensus building here, and it seems that
> I've become the chosen victi^wvolunteer for this.  So, here's a patch.
> It's missing a Guns-supplied-by: tag though.
>
> From: Russell King <rmk+kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Mark IS_ERR_OR_NULL() deprecated

Acked-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@xxxxxxxxxx>

Following the tradition of computer science an alternate title of
the patch could be "IS_ERR_OR_NULL() considered harmful".

Yours,
Linus Walleij
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