linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/5] mtd: fix bdev exclusive open bugs in block2mtd::add

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Message-ID: <1289646634.2218.25.camel@localhost>
Date:	Sat, 13 Nov 2010 13:10:34 +0200
From:	Artem Bityutskiy <dedekind1@...il.com>
To:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
Cc:	axboe@...nel.dk, hch@...radead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	petero2@...ia.com, schwidefsky@...ibm.com,
	heiko.carstens@...ibm.com, jack@...e.cz, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	adilger.kernel@...ger.ca, tytso@....edu, mfasheh@...e.com,
	joel.becker@...cle.com, aelder@....com, dm-devel@...hat.com,
	drbd-dev@...ts.linbit.com, neilb@...e.de, leochen@...adcom.com,
	sbranden@...adcom.com, chris.mason@...cle.com, swhiteho@...hat.com,
	shaggy@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, joern@...fs.org,
	konishi.ryusuke@....ntt.co.jp, reiserfs-devel@...r.kernel.org,
	viro@...iv.linux.org.uk, linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/5] mtd: fix bdev exclusive open bugs in
 block2mtd::add_device()

On Sat, 2010-11-13 at 11:42 +0100, Tejun Heo wrote:
> Hmmm... not really.  The patch is small enough and splitting it won't
> really buy as any better bisectability.  Splitting patches into
> logical changes is a good thing but it's no religious dogma.  Let's
> apply it to the point it actually helps.

Well, it is more about if your second fix is buggy, we could revert it
without reverting the first fix. But anyway, this is not a big deal, so
let's forget about this indeed.

-- 
Best Regards,
Artem Bityutskiy (Артём Битюцкий)

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