Re: [PATCH v5] staging: rtl8723bs: Prevent duplicate NULL tests on a value
Julia Lawall <[email protected]> Sun, 6 Apr 2025 09:00:26 -0400 (EDT)
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On Sat, 5 Apr 2025, Samuel Abraham wrote: > On Sat, Apr 5, 2025 at 2:30 PM Julia Lawall <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > On Sat, 5 Apr 2025, Abraham Samuel Adekunle wrote: > > > > > When a value has been tested for NULL in an expression, a > > > second NULL test on the same value in another expression > > > is unnecessary when the value has not been assigned to NULL. > > > > > > Remove unnecessary duplicate NULL tests on the same value > > > that has previously been tested. > > > > > > Found by Coccinelle. > > > > The changes are found in the same way, but the code patterns are overall > > quite different. It could make sense to make separate patches for them. > > Then you could make a log message that is really specialized to the code > > in each patch and it would be easier for the reviewer to be convinced that > > you have done the right thing. > > Thank you for the feedback Julia. > Okay how about the versioning. Should I make it like a Patchset? > > Like [PATCH v6] with the cover letter and two patches, one for each code > pattern? Yes. Just explain what you are doing. julia