Re: [PATCH] usb-core: Revert "usb-core: Remove Fix mes in file hcd.c"

[Sasha Levin <sasha.levin@oracle.com>]

On 07/23/2014 12:49 PM, Greg KH wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 23, 2014 at 08:56:10AM -0400, Sasha Levin wrote:
>> > Revert since the commit message is incorrect and the original author refuses
>> > to fix/maintain it because "it's in the kernel already".
> How can someone "fix" a commit message that is already in the tree?  You
> can't.  The code part is correct, so why introduce the issue back?

(I'm not trying to be aggressive, I just think that I misunderstand how this
part of the process works exactly).

I thought we can always edit -next trees? Why do we have to maintain fast forward
on them?

What happens, if for example you take a patch that causes build breakage? Would you
add a revert after that or just yank the commit out of the tree?

If you add a revert and leave the original broken commit in, wouldn't it cause issues
for anyone trying to bisect a build breakage?


Thanks,
Sasha