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From: SF Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net>
Subject: Re: can: Use common error handling code in vxcan_newlink()
Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2017 22:13:32 +0200
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>> Are you interested in related adjustments for a bigger code base?
> 
> No. Definitely not.

You might have noticed that I am proposing similar changes already
for other software modules.   ;-)


> If you aim for the the deletion of “ < 0” for all rtnl_configure_link() users
> you would need to do this consistently.

How do you see the software situation around a function
like “register_netdevice”?

Regards,
Markus