mirror of
https://github.com/torvalds/linux.git
synced 2026-07-28 10:09:10 +02:00
Linux kernel source tree
41c56aa94c
The __hci_cmd_sync() function doesn't return NULL. Checking for NULL
doesn't make the code safer, it just confuses people.
When a function returns both error pointers and NULL then generally the
NULL is a kind of success case. For example, maybe we look up an item
then errors mean we ran out of memory but NULL means the item is not
found. Or if we request a feature, then error pointers mean that there
was an error but NULL means that the feature has been deliberately
turned off.
In this code it's different. The NULL is handled as if there is a bug
in __hci_cmd_sync() where it accidentally returns NULL instead of a
proper error code. This was done consistently until commit
|
||
|---|---|---|
| arch | ||
| block | ||
| certs | ||
| crypto | ||
| Documentation | ||
| drivers | ||
| fs | ||
| include | ||
| init | ||
| io_uring | ||
| ipc | ||
| kernel | ||
| lib | ||
| LICENSES | ||
| mm | ||
| net | ||
| rust | ||
| samples | ||
| scripts | ||
| security | ||
| sound | ||
| tools | ||
| usr | ||
| virt | ||
| .clang-format | ||
| .cocciconfig | ||
| .get_maintainer.ignore | ||
| .gitattributes | ||
| .gitignore | ||
| .mailmap | ||
| .rustfmt.toml | ||
| COPYING | ||
| CREDITS | ||
| Kbuild | ||
| Kconfig | ||
| MAINTAINERS | ||
| Makefile | ||
| README | ||
Linux kernel
============
There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.