Subject: Re: linux-next: ftrace tree build failure

From: Ingo Molnar <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2009 12:16:39 +0100

* Stephen Rothwell <[email-masked]> wrote:

> Hi Ingo,
> 
> On Fri, 2 Jan 2009 10:14:56 +0100 Ingo Molnar <[email-masked]> wrote:
> >
> > this has been fixed already a few days ago (if you google for the build 
> > failure string it will send you straight to the fix patch) - i just didnt 
> > push it out to the -next branches yet during the hollidays. (did that now)
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> > Generally if you see a problem with our trees you can check whether an 
> > issue is still present in tip/master:
> > 
> >   http://people.redhat.com/mingo/tip.git/README
> 
> I'll try to remember ...
> 
> [I wish you had stopped there]
> 
> > before duplicating fixing effort and reporting it as a genuine issue - 
> 
> It broke a linux-next build - just how genuine does an issue have to be?

as genuine i mean 'new, unknown issue' - not an issue that has been 
reported to lkml already by testers and has been fixed already.

The thing is, i wouldnt have said that had you not said:

> > [...] A bit more care, please.

i can do without such suggestions in the merge window really - it looked 
rather condescending to me. A lkml search or a trivial google for the 
build failure pattern would have given you a working patch.

	Ingo