linux-kernel - Re: drm/rcar-du: Use common error handling code in rcar_du_encoders

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Date:   Sun, 29 Oct 2017 19:19:22 +0100
From:   SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
To:     Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@...asonboard.com>,
        dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org, linux-renesas-soc@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@...ux.intel.com>,
        David Airlie <airlied@...ux.ie>,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: drm/rcar-du: Use common error handling code in
 rcar_du_encoders_init()

> Just for the record, I've been bitten in the past by applying one of Markus' 
> patches that seemed to make sense, only to discover later that it introduced a 
> security hole.

How do you think about to take another look at the circumstances
under which a questionable commit happened in the referenced case?

A few glitches occur occasionally. They can be fixed by appropriate collaboration.

> I now drop his patches altogether, so could you please keep an eye open
> to make sure none of them touching the rcar-du driver will be applied
> through drm-misc ?

I hope that you can become interested in a more constructive software development
dialogue (also with me) again.

* Can additional ideas be taken into account here?

* Will any other contributor pick related update suggestions up?

Regards,
Markus