linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] iio: tmp006: Set correct iio name

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Message-ID: <20160428142458.09e498e2@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Date:	Thu, 28 Apr 2016 14:24:58 +0100
From:	One Thousand Gnomes <gnomes@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@...afoo.de>
Cc:	Crestez Dan Leonard <leonard.crestez@...el.com>,
	Daniel Baluta <daniel.baluta@...il.com>,
	Yong Li <sdliyong@...il.com>,
	Jonathan Cameron <jic23@...nel.org>,
	Hartmut Knaack <knaack.h@....de>,
	Peter Meerwald-Stadler <pmeerw@...erw.net>,
	Krzysztof Kozłowski 
	<k.kozlowski@...sung.com>, Matt Ranostaj <mranostay@...il.com>,
	"linux-iio@...r.kernel.org" <linux-iio@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] iio: tmp006: Set correct iio name

> It's clearly wrong. But the problem is there might be an application that
> depends on the wrong behavior, the driver has been around for 2.5 years. So
> it's difficult to fix. We might just go ahead in this case and take the
> chance that nobody will complain. But if somebody complains this will bring
> us the wrath of the Linus.

Not if you put it into next, test it, then into a new release as early as
possible (for -rc1), clearly document that it's got a user visible change
that should not matter with instructions if anyone hits this as a
bisection for their app failing to email so you know and can revert it.

Alan