Re: [PATCH RFC] block - ataflop.c: fix breakage introduced at blk-mq refactoring

Finn Thain
2021-10-18T22:51:43Z

On Mon, 18 Oct 2021, Jens Axboe wrote:

> Was going to ask if this driver was used by anyone, since it's taken 3
> years for the breakage to be spotted...

A lack of bug reports never implied a lack of users (or potential users).
That falacy is really getting tiresome.

It is much more difficult to report regressions than it is to use a
workaround (i.e. boot a known good kernel). And I have plenty of sympathy
for end-users who may assume that the people and corporations who create
the breakage will take responsibility for fixing it.

Do maintainers really expect innocent end users to report and bisect
regressions, and also test a series of potential fixes until one of them
is finally found to both work and pass code review?