From: SF Markus Elfring <redacted>
Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2014 18:23:08 +0100

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Where should "the error pointers" be stored instead?

A local variable, before you assign it into the datastructure.

I have looked at the affected software infrastructure once more.
Now I find still that your data reorgansisation wish can not be resolved
in a simple way.

I'm saying to leave the code alone.

If it goes:

	var = foo_that_returns_ptr_err()
	if (IS_ERR(var))
		return PTR_ERR(var);

	p->bar = var;

or whatever, simply keep it that way!

I'm not engaging in this conversation any further, you have already
consumed way too much of my limited time on this incredibly trivial
matter.