linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 5.16 0018/1017] Revert "gpio: Revert regression in sysfs-gpio (gpiolib.c)"

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Date:   Tue, 5 Apr 2022 23:28:52 +0200
From:   Pavel Machek <pavel@...x.de>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org,
        Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@...ev.pl>,
        Michael Walle <michael@...le.cc>,
        Thorsten Leemhuis <linux@...mhuis.info>,
        Marcelo Roberto Jimenez <marcelo.jimenez@...il.com>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>,
        Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5.16 0018/1017] Revert "gpio: Revert regression in
 sysfs-gpio (gpiolib.c)"

Hi!

> [ Upstream commit 56e337f2cf1326323844927a04e9dbce9a244835 ]
> 
> This reverts commit fc328a7d1fcce263db0b046917a66f3aa6e68719.
> 
> This commit - while attempting to fix a regression - has caused a number
> of other problems. As the fallout from it is more significant than the
> initial problem itself, revert it for now before we find a correct
> solution.

The patch this reverts is queued as 15/ in the series. Rather than
applying broken patch and then reverting, it would be better to drop
both, right?

(I found during 5.10 review, but I can't find 5.10 mail to reply to).

Best regards,
									Pavel
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