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Subject: Re: [Intel-gfx] [PATCH] drm/i915: Do not drop pagetables when empty
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On Thu, 15 Jun 2017, Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 15, 2017 at 09:55:45AM +0300, Jani Nikula wrote:
> The backport should have been "To:" stable, otherwise it really just
> looks like any other patch sent to the intel-gfx list, right?
>
> But I understand, I'm not grumpy about this one, thanks for the
> reminder, I'm glad to have backports and patches explicitly called out
> like this.

Thanks for the clarification, and for picking the patch up now.

>> I feel like you're having a grumpy bias towards i915, and everything
>> about us ticks you off now. :(
>
> No, this one didn't at all, I was trying to apologize :)

Auch, does my negative reading of your mail mean I have a reverse grumpy
bias about you instead?! :)

> Only thing that makes me grumpy is all of the commits in the tree that
> don't apply at all as they are coming in through multiple
> trees/branches, like I have mentioned before.  I would _love_ a list of
> patches I should be taking, or some kind of hint, to help me out here,
> as it is, the current workflow you all have right now isn't working for
> me at all.

It's sad because the workflow really does work well for *us*. But we
hear you, and we haven't forgotten about your complaints. We'll figure
this out.


Thanks,
Jani.


-- 
Jani Nikula, Intel Open Source Technology Center