Messages in this thread | | | From | Linus Torvalds <> | Date | Mon, 16 Apr 2018 12:28:21 -0700 | Subject | Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL for 4.14 015/161] printk: Add console owner and waiter logic to load balance console writes |
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On Mon, Apr 16, 2018 at 12:24 PM, Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> wrote: > > Right, but the fix to the API was also trivial. I don't understand why > you are arguing with me. I agree with you. I'm talking about this > specific instance. Where a bug was fixed, and the API breakage was > another fix that needed to be backported.
Fair enough. Were you there when the report of breakage came in?
Because *my* argument is that reverting something that causes problems is simply *never* the wrong answer.
If you know of the fix, fine. But clearly people DID NOT KNOW. So reverting was the right choice.
Linus
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