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Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2015 15:32:16 -0700 From: Jason Gunthorpe <jgunthorpe@...idianresearch.com> To: Jeremiah Mahler <jmmahler@...il.com>, Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen@...ux.intel.com>, tpmdd-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, peterhuewe@....de, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, dhowells@...hat.com, artem.bityutskiy@...ux.intel.com, Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>, NeilBrown <neilb@...e.de>, Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>, "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com> Subject: Re: [PATCH 03/10] sysfs: added __compat_only_sysfs_link_entry_to_kobj() On Fri, Nov 06, 2015 at 04:23:56PM -0800, Jeremiah Mahler wrote: > On Fri, Oct 16, 2015 at 09:40:22PM +0300, Jarkko Sakkinen wrote: > > Added a new function __compat_only_sysfs_link_group_to_kobj() that adds > > a symlink from attribute or group to a kobject. This needed for > > maintaining backwards compatibility with PPI attributes in the TPM > > driver. > One problem with this patch is that it adds a bunch of code but none of > it is used. So if there is a bug, git bisect will point to a later > patch instead of this one. It is fairly standard practice to split cross-subsystem patches like this, it aids review. git bisect is not a perfect tool. Jason -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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