linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/2] Fix for ADJ_SETOFFSET w/ ADJ

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Date:	Fri, 22 Jan 2016 08:54:00 +0100 (CET)
From:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:	Shuah Khan <shuahkh@....samsung.com>
cc:	John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org>,
	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Sasha Levin <sasha.levin@...cle.com>,
	Richard Cochran <richardcochran@...il.com>,
	Prarit Bhargava <prarit@...hat.com>,
	Harald Hoyer <harald@...hat.com>, Kay Sievers <kay@...y.org>,
	David Herrmann <dh.herrmann@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] Fix for ADJ_SETOFFSET w/ ADJ_NANO

On Thu, 21 Jan 2016, Shuah Khan wrote:
> On 01/21/2016 04:03 PM, John Stultz wrote:
> > David Herrmann mailed me pointing out that one of the
> > changes that landed in 4.5-rc broke users of ADJ_SETOFFSET
> > when used with ADJ_NANO.
> > 
> > I've implemented a fix to this issue and also introduced
> > more unit tests to validate these going forward.
> > 
> > Thomas: Can you queue the first patch for tip/timers/urgent?
> > 
> > Shuah: The kselftests patch can wait to the next merge window
> > if you'd prefer.
> 
> Yeah. Probably it has to wait until the next merge window as
> this is a new test. I can pull this into linux-kselftest next
> after merge window closes.

We really should not delay selftests, especially if they have been written
along with a fix for a recently detected problem.

Thanks,

	tglx