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From:   Andreas Schwab <schwab@suse.de>
To:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc:     "Russell King (Oracle)" <linux@armlinux.org.uk>,
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Subject: Re: REGRESSION: "spi: add of_device_uevent_modalias support" and
 following "fix" breaks Macchiatobin
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On Sep 20 2021, Linus Torvalds wrote:

> That is why the regression rule exists. It is NOT ACCEPTABLE to fix
> one thing, and break another. That's not a fix at all. That's a
> regression, and no amount of "but but but it fixes something else" is
> valid.

That regression has now landed in -stable.

Andreas.

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