Re: [GIT PULL] arch/sh fixes for regressions in 4.6-rc1

[Linus Torvalds]

On Tue, Apr 12, 2016 at 6:45 PM, Rich Felker <dalias@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Please pull these changes (regression fixes only) for arch/sh. They're
> based on 4.6-rc1 when I did them, but apply cleanly to 4.6-rc3 and
> build successfully.

So I pulled this, but please don't do this:

    16b02d711f40 Merge tag 'v4.6-rc1'

there's no information in that merge commit why it would be needed,
and I cant' for the life of me see *why* it would be needed.

If you cannot explain why a merge is necessary, you should not do the
merge. It's really that simple.

So please

 - either just apply patches on top of your tree (no "let's merge
Linus' tree first")

 - or make your tree *start* at whatever base you want to use (ie
"let's check out v4.6-rc1, and apply patches on top of that base
commit")/

But do *not* start doing back-merges that aren't explained.

The back-merges make history harder to follow, and makes the graph
that gitk shows much messier. And _any_ commit that doesn't actually
explain why it is doing something is wrong, whether it's a merge or
not.

Anyway, the pull is in my tree, and I'll push it out soon, so you
don't need to do anything for this one. This complaint was purely a
"going forward" issue.

Thanks,

                 Linus