Re: [PATCH] Revert "x86/tsc: Consolidate init code"

From: Ville Syrjälä
Date: Mon Sep 10 2018 - 11:09:32 EST


On Mon, Sep 10, 2018 at 04:47:20PM +0200, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 10, 2018 at 05:07:10PM +0300, Ville Syrjälä wrote:
> > You're reading way too much into this. The revert is just a point to
> > start the conversion. I've found that it's the best way to get the
> > attention of the relevant developers. Other kind of regression
> > reports have an unfortunate habit of disappearing into /dev/null.
>
> That's some strange "logic".
>
> You're sending a patch which has "[PATCH]" in the subject but now you
> say it is not really a patch but only a way to get people's attention?!?

But it is a patch, and if it happens to get accepted as is so be
it. If not, it's a good place where to start the conversation on
how to fix the bug in another way.

You guys seem to have a notion that anything which says '[PATCH]'
is somehow final. In my book any patch is up for debate. Nothing
special about this one in that regard.

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Ville Syrjälä
Intel