Re: pull request: bluetooth 2022-01-28

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On Fri, 28 Jan 2022 23:30:14 +0100 Marcel Holtmann wrote:
> > Thanks for fixing the warnings! :)
> > 
> > I presume this is for the net-next given the name of your tree, but 
> > a lot of patches here have fixes tags. What's your methodology on
> > separating fixes from new features?
> > 
> > I think it may be worth adjusting the filter there and send more 
> > stuff earlier to Linus's tree. Especially fixes with the right mix 
> > of confidence and impact or pure device ID additions.
> > 
> > To be clear - happy to pull this PR as is, I was meaning to ask about
> > this for a while.  
> 
> we started to add Fixes: tag whenever you can identify a faulty commit or
> can track down the original issue. This way we can later easily go back
> and check. It have to note that a lot of vendor trees cherrypick patches
> and this helps them picking the right ones.

Thumbs up for that!

> I reviewed the list of patches again, and frankly none of them are super
> critical to go to Linus right away. 

My concern is that GregKH will start asking us why we hold onto trivial
fixes like 5201d23cc8e5 until the merge window, I think this merge
window has overflown his patch ID scheme ;) The risk of pushing fixes
in early -rc's should be pretty low. But your call at the end of the
day!

> So if you don’t mind, please pull.

Sure thing, done! :)




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