Re: [PATCH 5.16 0018/1017] Revert "gpio: Revert regression in sysfs-gpio (gpiolib.c)"
From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Wed Apr 06 2022 - 08:00:13 EST
On Tue, Apr 05, 2022 at 11:28:52PM +0200, Pavel Machek wrote:
> Hi!
>
> > [ Upstream commit 56e337f2cf1326323844927a04e9dbce9a244835 ]
> >
> > This reverts commit fc328a7d1fcce263db0b046917a66f3aa6e68719.
> >
> > This commit - while attempting to fix a regression - has caused a number
> > of other problems. As the fallout from it is more significant than the
> > initial problem itself, revert it for now before we find a correct
> > solution.
>
> The patch this reverts is queued as 15/ in the series. Rather than
> applying broken patch and then reverting, it would be better to drop
> both, right?
No, this way we don't accidentally add the patch back when the scripts
go "hey, you forgot this old commit!"
thanks,
greg k-h