Re: [PATCH 8/8] media: ov2740: remove NULL reg_write callback

Sakari Ailus <[email protected]> Mon, 20 Jul 2026 14:05:03 +0300

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Hi Hans,

On Mon, Jul 20, 2026 at 12:34:10PM +0200, [email protected] wrote:
> Hi Sakari,
> 
> On 20-Jul-26 11:39, Sakari Ailus wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > On Wed, Jul 15, 2026 at 07:52:24PM +0200, Link Mauve wrote:
> >> This field is already initialized to NULL, so there is no reason to
> >> write it again.
> >>
> >> This prevents it from appearing while grepping for reg_write in the
> >> future.
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Link Mauve <[email protected]>
> > 
> > I believe we need a real name here.
> 
> We don't need a real name / official name here, just a "known identity",
> IOW not "anonoymous1234" since Link has clearly is using Link Mauve as
> their internet identity (given they went through the trouble of
> registering it as a domain) I believe the S-o-b here is fine as is.
> 
> See: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=d4563201f33a022fc0353033d9dfeb1606a88330
> where the "real name" policy was weakened to "known identity".

Ack, thanks for pointing that out!

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Regards,

Sakari Ailus