Re: [PATCH 2/8] ASoC: SOF: amd: fix for acp error reason registers wrong offset

["Mukunda,Vijendar" <vijendar.mukunda@xxxxxxx>]

On 10/08/24 04:56, Mark Brown wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 09, 2024 at 01:49:37PM +0530, Mukunda,Vijendar wrote:
>> On 09/08/24 13:05, Mark Brown wrote:
>>> We want the resulting git tree to be bisectable, that means testing each
>>> commit not just the final result.
>> This patch series is prepared on top of
>> 20240801111821.18076-1-Vijendar.Mukunda@xxxxxxx
>> which are incremental changes and also has dependency.
> For the benefit of those playing at home that's "ASoC: intel/sdw_utils:
> move dai id common macros" which is in -next as 8f87e292a34813e.  It's
> not great to base a fix for something that's in Linus' tree like this
> one which has:
>
>    Fixes: 96eb81851012 ("ASoC: SOF: amd: add interrupt handling for SoundWire manager devices")
>
> in it, and any such dependency really needs to get called out in the
> cover letter if it exists.  
Agreed. Will mention the patch dependency in the cover letter and
resend the patch series.
>
> In general you should expect bug fixes to be applied for Linus' tree by
> default, especially if they're tagged as fixing a particular commit in
> there.  That means no dependencies on anything that's already in -next
> unless explicitly called out, and if the thing in -next is just a
> cleanup or refactoring then generally it's best to just do the fix for
> Linus' tree and then separately merge it up to -next and integrate with
> whtaever cleanup/refactoring is going on there.
>
> Please include human readable descriptions of things like commits and
> issues being discussed in e-mail in your mails, this makes them much
> easier for humans to read especially when they have no internet access.
> I do frequently catch up on my mail on flights or while otherwise
> travelling so this is even more pressing for me than just being about
> making things a bit easier to read.