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Date:	Sat, 6 Sep 2014 13:00:50 +0200
From:	Karol Lewandowski <lmctlx@...il.com>
To:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:	Karol Lewandowski <k.lewandowsk@...sung.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Michal Nazarewicz <mina86@...a86.com>,
	Felipe Balbi <balbi@...com>, stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3.14-stable] usb: gadget: f_fs: drop duplicate
 usb_functionfs_descs_head declaration

On Fri, Sep 05, 2014 at 12:58:53PM -0700, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:

OP here.

> On Fri, Sep 05, 2014 at 09:04:44PM +0200, Karol Lewandowski wrote:
> > Applicable for 3.14-stable only.
> > 
> > This commit drops duplicate declaration of struct usb_functionfs_descs_head
> > erronousely added in commit 28c5980b54 ("usb: gadget: f_fs: resurect
> > usb_functionfs_descs_head structure").
> > 
> > Fix from 28c5980b54 is applicable only for v3.15-rc1 and newer kernels.
> > 
> > This fixes error in uapi:
> > 
> >   /src/linux$ make -C tools usb
> > 
> >   make: Entering directory '/src/linux/tools'
> >     DESCEND  usb
> >   make[1]: Entering directory '/src/linux/tools/usb'
> >   gcc -Wall -Wextra -g -I../include -o testusb testusb.c -lpthread
> >   gcc -Wall -Wextra -g -I../include -o ffs-test ffs-test.c -lpthread
> >   In file included from ffs-test.c:41:0:
> >   ../../include/uapi/linux/usb/functionfs.h:42:8: error: redefinition of ‘struct usb_functionfs_descs_head’
> >    struct usb_functionfs_descs_head {
> >           ^
> >   ../../include/uapi/linux/usb/functionfs.h:31:8: note: originally defined here
> >    struct usb_functionfs_descs_head {
> >           ^
> > 
> > Cc: Michal Nazarewicz <mina86@...a86.com>
> > Cc: Felipe Balbi <balbi@...com>
> > Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
> > Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
> > Signed-off-by: Karol Lewandowski <k.lewandowsk@...sung.com>
> > ---
> >  include/uapi/linux/usb/functionfs.h | 10 ++--------
> >  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/usb/functionfs.h b/include/uapi/linux/usb/functionfs.h
> > index 29e9c7a..f279394 100644
> > --- a/include/uapi/linux/usb/functionfs.h
> > +++ b/include/uapi/linux/usb/functionfs.h
> > @@ -27,24 +27,18 @@ struct usb_endpoint_descriptor_no_audio {
> >  	__u8  bInterval;
> >  } __attribute__((packed));
> >  
> > -/* Legacy format, deprecated as of 3.14. */
> > -struct usb_functionfs_descs_head {
> > -	__le32 magic;
> > -	__le32 length;
> > -	__le32 fs_count;
> > -	__le32 hs_count;
> > -} __attribute__((packed, deprecated));
> >  
> >  /*
> >   * All numbers must be in little endian order.
> >   */
> >  
> > +/* Legacy format, deprecated as of 3.14. */
> >  struct usb_functionfs_descs_head {
> >  	__le32 magic;
> >  	__le32 length;
> >  	__le32 fs_count;
> >  	__le32 hs_count;
> > -} __attribute__((packed));
> > +} __attribute__((packed, deprecated));
> >  
> >  /*
> >   * Descriptors format:
> > -- 
> > 2.0.1
> 
> Ah, well, instead I should just revert
> 28c5980b5494b8163d6cba5a5007b6ec7e63de66 as it shouldn't have gone to
> 3.14-stable, right?  I'll do that for the next round of stable releases
> after this one.

Yes.  Revert would certainly be ok and this is what I did first.  However,
we would miss 'deprecated' attribute that was added in original patch.

This, and the fact that every new kernel has a note that it's deprecated
from 3.14 convinced me to do a bit more than revert.

Cheers,
Karol Lewandowski
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