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Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2011 10:04:40 +0200
From: Oliver Hartkopp <socketcan@...tkopp.net>
To: David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
CC: netdev@...r.kernel.org, stable@...nel.org, nautsch@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net/stable] can bcm: fix tx_setup off-by-one errors
On 09/29/11 09:58, David Miller wrote:
> From: Oliver Hartkopp <socketcan@...tkopp.net>
> Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2011 09:46:46 +0200
>
>> when backporting the patch to an older kernel we discovered a problem this
>> patch is introducing - which causes a new regression :-(
>>
>> Could you please revert this patch and dequeue it from stable?
>
> It's already pushed out to the net GIT tree, I can't delete history so
> now the only thing I can do is add a butt-ugly revert commit this late
> in the -rcX which is terrible.
>
> This patch was sitting out there for review for 6 days, which should
> have been more than enough time to audit it for problems.
Yeah, i'm really sorry about that.
As Linus didn't pull the latest changes, what would be your favorite then to
not revert the patch?
Sending a new fix that fixes the broken fix?
Regards,
Oliver
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