linux-kernel - Re: GPU-DRM-QXL: Move three assignments in qxl_device

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Message-ID: <45c2ad6e-fadc-8d4a-f6bd-ddf8604ec622@users.sourceforge.net>
Date:   Thu, 22 Sep 2016 15:11:25 +0200
From:   SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
To:     Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
Cc:     dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org,
        Bhaktipriya Shridhar <bhaktipriya96@...il.com>,
        Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@...ll.ch>,
        David Airlie <airlied@...ux.ie>,
        Noralf Trønnes <noralf@...nnes.org>,
        Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>, Thierry Reding <treding@...dia.com>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
        Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...6.fr>
Subject: Re: GPU-DRM-QXL: Move three assignments in qxl_device_init()

> Guys, please stop accepting patches from Markus!

I would appreciate a bit more explanation for this request.


> Markus, you always introduce bugs.

I find the wording "always" exaggerated.

It can also happen that I make another programming mistake occasionally.


> I have asked you over and over to stop sending "cleanup patches"
> because you are not careful.

Why would my update suggestion be inappropriate here?


> If you restricted yourself to fixing bugs only then you would maybe fix more
> bugs than you introduce but as it you are making the kernel worse.

Would you like to discuss the statistics for my failure (or success) rate
a bit more so that involved issues can be clarified in a constructive way?

Regards,
Markus