[alsa-devel] [PATCH 01/14] parport: return value of attach and parport_register_driver

[Willy Tarreau]

On Wed, Apr 08, 2015 at 03:27:37PM +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 08, 2015 at 05:20:10PM +0530, Sudip Mukherjee wrote:
> > On Wed, Apr 08, 2015 at 02:38:32PM +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> > > 1) We can't apply this patch on its own so this way of breaking up the
> > > patches doesn't work.
> > yes, if the first patch is reverted for any reason all the others need
> > to be reverted also. so then everything in one single patch?
> 
> The problem is that patch 1/1 breaks the build.  The rule is that we
> should be able to apply part of a patch series and nothing breaks.  If
> we apply the patch series out of order than things break that's our
> problem, yes.  But if we apply only 1/1 and it breaks, that's a problem
> with the series.

Yep, keep in mind that "git bisect" will randomly land in the middle of
any set of patches during a debugging session and it could very well land
on this one. If it breaks, that's a real pain for the people trying to
bisect their bug because suddenly they have to deal with a second bug
totally different from theirs.

Regards,
Willy