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From: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
To: Al Viro <viro@ZenIV.linux.org.uk>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ipc: Remove uses of return value of seq_printf/seq_puts
Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2015 16:09:44 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1424218184.25416.11.camel@perches.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20150217231634.GO29656@ZenIV.linux.org.uk>

On Tue, 2015-02-17 at 23:16 +0000, Al Viro wrote:
> Most of the time checking return value of seq_...() is better replaced with
> not doing that.  And "must check return value and Do Something(tm)" is too
> strong habit for enough people to cause recurring trouble.

Does SEQ_SKIP still have value?



  reply	other threads:[~2015-02-18  0:09 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-02-17 19:44 [PATCH] ipc: Remove uses of return value of seq_printf/seq_puts Joe Perches
2015-02-17 22:52 ` Andrew Morton
2015-02-17 23:02   ` Joe Perches
2015-02-17 23:16   ` Al Viro
2015-02-18  0:09     ` Joe Perches [this message]
2015-02-18  0:27       ` Al Viro
2015-02-18  0:55         ` Joe Perches

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