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From: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
To: Wolfram Sang <w.sang@pengutronix.de>
Cc: linux-i2c@vger.kernel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
	Daniel Mack <daniel@caiaq.de>, Jonathan Cameron <jic23@cam.ac.uk>,
	Hemanth V <hemanthv@ti.com>, Liam Girdwood <lrg@slimlogic.co.uk>,
	Mark Brown <broonie@opensource.wolfsonmicro.com>,
	Sonic Zhang <sonic.zhang@analog.com>,
	Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>,
	Marek Vasut <marek.vasut@gmail.com>,
	Paul Gortmaker <p_gortmaker@yahoo.com>,
	Alessandro Zummo <a.zummo@towertech.it>,
	Roy Zang <tie-fei.zang@freescale.com>,
	Jingchang Lu <b22599@freescale.com>,
	Mingkai Hu <Mingkai.hu@freescale.com>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, rtc-linux@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] i2c: remove obsolete cleanup for clientdata
Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2010 21:03:36 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20100823210336.6bdc8e2a@hyperion.delvare> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1282575908-16555-1-git-send-email-w.sang@pengutronix.de>

On Mon, 23 Aug 2010 17:05:08 +0200, Wolfram Sang wrote:
> A few new i2c-drivers came into the kernel which clear the clientdata-pointer
> on exit. This is obsolete meanwhile, so fix it and hope the word will spread.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Wolfram Sang <w.sang@pengutronix.de>
> ---
> 
> Jean, I dunno if it fits for 2.6.36. It is not precisely a regression.
> Though, if it enters with the next merge window, the next set of "faulty"
> drivers may come in at the same time...

Applied, and queued for 2.6.36. I agree that this kind of cleanup fits
well as an exception to the bugfix-only rule.

-- 
Jean Delvare

  parent reply	other threads:[~2010-08-23 19:03 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-08-23 15:05 [PATCH] i2c: remove obsolete cleanup for clientdata Wolfram Sang
2010-08-23 15:22 ` Mark Brown
2010-08-23 19:03 ` Jean Delvare [this message]
2010-08-23 21:58 ` Mike Frysinger
2010-08-24  5:16   ` Wolfram Sang
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2010-11-10 12:28 [PATCH] i2c: Remove " Wolfram Sang
2010-11-10 13:01 ` Guennadi Liakhovetski
2010-11-10 13:24 ` Jean Delvare
2010-11-11  0:25 ` Greg KH

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