linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] x86/platform/intel-mid: Revert "Make 'bt_sfi

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Date:   Thu, 28 Dec 2017 13:34:14 +0100
From:   Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
To:     Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        "H . Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, x86@...nel.org,
        Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Darren Hart <dvhart@...radead.org>,
        platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org,
        Bhumika Goyal <bhumirks@...il.com>, julia.lawall@...6.fr
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] x86/platform/intel-mid: Revert "Make 'bt_sfi_data'
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* Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com> wrote:

> v2: low the tone of accusation that this made a regression

BTW., don't worry about that aspect too much: after a long debugging session it's 
pretty natural to be upset at whoever introduced a regression.

( In fact a number of times I too got upset at the moron who wrote a particular 
  piece of buggy code, only for 'git annotate' to remind me that the moron was me. )

I personally just ignore the emotional attributes, and I usually edit changelogs 
accordingly as well so the temporary state of mind of finding a regression doesn't 
trickle upstream.

Plus in this particular case if we can help type propagation for driver data to 
become a bit cleaner then the kernel project has gained a bit through all this 
pain.

Thanks,

	Ingo