linux-kernel - Re: [stable] [patch 44/47] pxamci: fix byte aligned DMA transfers

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Date:	Thu, 24 Jul 2008 22:34:12 +0200
From:	Pierre Ossman <drzeus@...eus.cx>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	pHilipp Zabel <philipp.zabel@...il.com>, Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>,
	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>, "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>,
	Zwane Mwaikambo <zwane@....linux.org.uk>,
	Justin Forbes <jmforbes@...uxtx.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Chris Wedgwood <reviews@...cw.f00f.org>,
	Domenico Andreoli <cavokz@...il.com>,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net>,
	Willy Tarreau <w@....eu>,
	Chuck Wolber <chuckw@...ntumlinux.com>,
	alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk, Chuck Ebbert <cebbert@...hat.com>,
	Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>, Jake Edge <jake@....net>,
	Michael Krufky <mkrufky@...uxtv.org>, stable@...nel.org,
	Rodrigo Rubira Branco <rbranco@...checkpoint.com>
Subject: Re: [stable] [patch 44/47] pxamci: fix byte aligned DMA transfers

On Thu, 24 Jul 2008 12:22:56 -0700 (PDT)
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:

> 
> Pulling doesn't change the SHA1 ID of a commit, so _if_ it had been stable 
> in the -mmc tree, it would have had the same commit in the kernel too. 
> That's very much a design issue in git: the same commit always has the 
> same ID. _ALWAYS_.
> 
> So the fact that the ID changed implies that something odd happened in the 
> -mmc tree. Most likely a rebase. And again, this implies that somebody 
> rebased already-public commits, since otherwise nobody would have ever 
> even seen the original SHA1 ID. 

Indeed I did. Things got shuffled around a bit when I updated the
patch queue with more stuff and the old attempt hadn't gotten merged
yet.

> 
> Which is not good behaviour, _exactly_ because it makes it much harder for 
> people to work together - suddenly a commit that got reported (for 
> whatever reason: bug-report or 'please backport', it's all the same issue 
> in the end) no longer exists.

I've always considered my "for-linus" branch to be primarily that, but I
guess I can be more careful so that other people can use it as well.

Rgds
-- 
     -- Pierre Ossman

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