Re: [PATCH 0/3] Revert panel fixes and original buggy patch

From: Linus Walleij
Date: Mon Nov 27 2023 - 18:36:39 EST


On Tue, Nov 28, 2023 at 12:25 AM Laurent Pinchart
<laurent.pinchart@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 28, 2023 at 12:10:18AM +0100, Linus Walleij wrote:
> > This series reverts the attempts to fix the bug that went
> > into v6.7-rc1 in commit 199cf07ebd2b
> > "drm/bridge: panel: Add a device link between drm device and panel device"
> > and then it reverts that patch as well.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > Linus Walleij (3):
> > Revert "driver core: Export device_is_dependent() to modules"
> > Revert "drm/bridge: panel: Check device dependency before managing device link"
> > Revert "drm/bridge: panel: Add a device link between drm device and panel device"
>
> To preserve bisectability, you should revert in the opposite order.

You mean apply patch 2, then 1, then 3 so the kernel builds after each
revert?

Yeah that's a good idea, I don't know if I should apply these though, better
someone else do it since I screwed up too much.

Another option is to just squash the reverts into one, that bisects too :/

Yours,
Linus Walleij