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Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2026 16:25:13 +0000
From: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>
To: Fan Gong <gongfan1@huawei.com>
Cc: Zhu Yikai <zhuyikai1@h-partners.com>, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v02 2/4] hinic3: Remove redundant defensive code
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On Mon, Jan 26, 2026 at 09:03:32AM +0800, Fan Gong wrote:
> According to comment of patch 03, check codes that were merged and
> remove redundant defensive codes.
> 
> Co-developed-by: Zhu Yikai <zhuyikai1@h-partners.com>
> Signed-off-by: Zhu Yikai <zhuyikai1@h-partners.com>
> Signed-off-by: Fan Gong <gongfan1@huawei.com>

Hi,

I agree that defensive coding is unnecessary in Networking drivers.
But I'm unsure what "codes that were merged" and "patch 03" refers to.
Could you clarify this?

Likewise in patch 3/4 of this series.