linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4.4 16/34] led: core: Fix brightness setting when setting delay

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Date:   Thu, 8 Mar 2018 19:04:04 +0100
From:   Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     Jacek Anaszewski <jacek.anaszewski@...il.com>,
        Ben Hutchings <ben.hutchings@...ethink.co.uk>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-leds@...r.kernel.org,
        Matthieu CASTET <matthieu.castet@...rot.com>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4.4 16/34] led: core: Fix brightness setting when setting
 delay_off=0

On Thu 2018-03-08 09:24:01, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 07, 2018 at 09:39:08PM +0100, Jacek Anaszewski wrote:
> > Hi Ben,
> > 
> > On 03/07/2018 04:32 PM, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> > > On Fri, 2018-03-02 at 09:51 +0100, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > >> 4.4-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me
> > >> know.
> > >>
> > >> ------------------
> > >>
> > >> From: Matthieu CASTET <matthieu.castet@...rot.com>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> [ Upstream commit 2b83ff96f51d0b039c4561b9f95c824d7bddb85c ]
> > >>
> > >> With the current code, the following sequence won't work :
> > >> echo timer > trigger
> > >>
> > >> echo 0 >  delay_off
> > >> * at this point we call
> > >> ** led_delay_off_store
> > >> ** led_blink_set
> > > [...]
> > > 
> > > The commit message got cut truncated here, which resulted in addresses
> > > being omitted when it was sent out for review.  The upstream commit
> > > message refers to a LED_BLINK_SW flag which is not used in 4.4.  So
> > > this fix probably isn't needed, though I can't tell whether it does any
> > > harm.
> > 
> > We discussed it in [0]. This patch is not needed for 4.4 and what's
> > more more it is harmful. It introduces a bug, fixed in [1].
> > 
> > [0] https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/2/6/726
> > [1[ https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/10253933/
> 
> So, did I mess something up here?  Am I missing some patch that I need
> to apply, or do I need to revert something?

Well, patch [PATCH 4.4 16/34] led: core: Fix brightness setting when setting delay_off=0
is not suitable for -stable. It is not needed there.

(And it is also buggy and does not fix serious-enough problem to
warrant -stable).

									Pavel

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