Re: [GIT PULL v2] MFD: Fixes due for the v3.10 -rc:s

[Fabio Baltieri]

On Fri, May 17, 2013 at 10:25:10AM +0200, Linus Walleij wrote:
> On Fri, May 17, 2013 at 9:51 AM, Fabio Baltieri
> <fabio.baltieri@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Hello Samuel,
> (...)
> > The last two:
> >
> >   mfd: ab8500-sysctrl: Set sysctrl_dev during probe
> >   mfd: ab8500-sysctrl: Let sysctrl driver work without pdata
> >
> > are actually fixes for bugs introduced in this merge window that
> > inhibited the ab8500-sysctl driver as a consequence.  Would you
> > reconsider pulling just those?
> 
> A good way to make sure that patches fixing regressions are applied
> to the -rc series is to indicate in the commit message or even the
> heading that it fixes a regression.
> 
> I usually try to begin such commits with the text:
> 
>   this patch fixes a regression caused by change 018745435
>   "foo: fix bar"...
> 
> Then copying in some crash dump text never hurts :-)
> 
> It makes it very easy for us as subsystem maintainers to pick
> regression fixes.

Right, I actually pointed to the culprit commit (applied during the
merge window) in the message, but I'll try to be more direct next time.
I also agree on the crash dump, but unfortunately this one was failing
silently. :-)

Thanks for the tip!
Fabio

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Fabio Baltieri
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