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Subject: Re: [PATCH] Revert "x86/tsc: Consolidate init code"
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On Mon, Sep 10, 2018 at 06:09:10PM +0300, Ville Syrjälä wrote:
> But it is a patch, and if it happens to get accepted as is so be
> it. If not, it's a good place where to start the conversation on
> how to fix the bug in another way.

Uh, more of that "logic".

It is a patch but not really, if it is applied, good, if not, also good.
WTF dude?

> You guys seem to have a notion that anything which says '[PATCH]'
> is somehow final. In my book any patch is up for debate. Nothing
> special about this one in that regard.

Well, let's see: imagine you're a maintainer. You get gazillion patches
a day. And you think, oh well, I need to review and possibly apply this.
And then move on to the next one. Because everyone is asking, when is
she/he going to apply my damn patches...

But nooo, *some* of the patches are special - they're a conversation
starter *only*! But also if applied, that's fine too.

What a bunch of bull!

What's wrong with sending a mail tagged with "[REGRESSION]" - this looks
like the tag people have adopted - and explain what the problem is, what
you've bisected it to and what your observations are? Like everyone else
reporting bugs/regressions/...

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

Good mailing practices for 400: avoid top-posting and trim the reply.