linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] SPI fixes for v5.10-rc5

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Date:   Fri, 27 Nov 2020 11:33:55 -0800
From:   Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
Cc:     linux-spi@...r.kernel.org,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] SPI fixes for v5.10-rc5

On Fri, Nov 27, 2020 at 5:49 AM Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org> wrote:
>
> A few fixes for v5.10, one for the core which fixes some potential races
> for controllers with multiple chip selects when configuration of the
> chip select for one client device races with the addition and initial
> setup of an additional client.

That's a really hard long sentence to read. I was going to try to
rephrase it to be a bit more readable, but gave up.

Anyway, pulled, I just reacted to that explanation not being easy to parse.

             Linus