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On Sat, Jun 15, 2019 at 03:12:36PM +0300, Oded Gabbay wrote:
> So after the dust has settled a bit, do you think it is reasonable to
> add this patch upstream ?

I'm not Greg, but the answer is a very clear no.  drivers have abslutely
no business adding these hacks.