linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] pwm: Two fixes and a maintainer update

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Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2026 19:24:29 +0100
From: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@...libre.com>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: linux-pwm@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, 
	Michal Wilczynski <m.wilczynski@...sung.com>, Richard Genoud <richard.genoud@...tlin.com>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] pwm: Two fixes and a maintainer update

Hello Linus,

On Tue, Jan 20, 2026 at 10:11:27AM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> On Tue, 20 Jan 2026 at 01:32, Uwe Kleine-König
> <u.kleine-koenig@...libre.com> wrote:
> >
> >    You might argue that this is an ABI change [..]
> 
> [...]
> 
> This one looks entirely benign, but I wanted to point out that if it
> breaks some program - however unlikely that is - it just needs to be
> reverted, and it doesn't matter what the change is called.

Thanks for your feedback, that matches what I think. I just thought it a
good idea to motivate the change well, given it's that late in the
development cycle and I didn't want you to yell at me for trying to hide
something :-D

Best regards
Uwe

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