Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v02 2/4] hinic3: Remove redundant defensive code

From: Simon Horman <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2026 16:25:13 +0000

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 <[email-masked]>
> Signed-off-by: Zhu Yikai <[email-masked]>
> Signed-off-by: Fan Gong <[email-masked]>

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.