linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] spi: omap2-mcspi: fix blatant abuse of the resource subsystem

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Date:	Mon, 21 Jul 2014 07:51:44 +0200
From:	Lothar Waßmann <LW@...O-electronics.de>
To:	Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-spi@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
	Benoit Cousson <bcousson@...libre.com>,
	Shubhrajyoti D <shubhrajyoti@...com>,
	Charulatha V <charu@...com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] spi: omap2-mcspi: fix blatant abuse of the resource
 subsystem

Hi,

Mark Brown wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 18, 2014 at 01:30:53PM +0200, Lothar Waßmann wrote:
> > Aua. This really hurts. I wonder how this could ever be admitted to
> > the Linux kernel...
> > Further comments suppressed because the would most likely violate the
> > CDA.
> > 
> > If someone should not grasp what this patch does, they should consider
> > what happens upon unloading/reloading the kernel module.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Lothar Waßmann <LW@...O-electronics.de>
> 
> I'm not going to apply this with a commit message such as the above.
> Quite aside from the tone the fact that it doesn't describe the issue
> is not helpful for review, one of the things done in review is to try to
> check that the change has the intended effect.
>
Maybe the original author or the maintainer who accepted this can come
up with a decent fix for this.


Lothar Waßmann
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