linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mux: include compiler.h from mux/consumer.h

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Message-ID: <CAO3366wduiEm0nx610pzjFYSMqfBL8=iiG=4YmDYDJaYmuxz6Q@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Wed, 2 Aug 2017 10:07:21 +0200
From:   Ulrich Hecht <ulrich.hecht+renesas@...il.com>
To:     Peter Rosin <peda@...ntia.se>
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mux: include compiler.h from mux/consumer.h

On Mon, Jul 31, 2017 at 6:28 PM, Peter Rosin <peda@...ntia.se> wrote:
> On 2017-07-31 18:00, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
>> On Mon, Jul 31, 2017 at 12:04:35PM +0200, Peter Rosin wrote:
>>> From: Ulrich Hecht <ulrich.hecht+renesas@...il.com>
>>>
>>> Required for __must_check.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Ulrich Hecht <ulrich.hecht+renesas@...il.com>
>>> Signed-off-by: Peter Rosin <peda@...ntia.se>
>>> ---
>>>  include/linux/mux/consumer.h | 2 ++
>>>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
>>>
>>> Hi Greg,
>>>
>>> Please pick this up for 4.14.
>>
>> What commit is this patch fixing?
>
> I don't think it's needed for any existing user, I at least do not have any
> report about that. So, I don't think it's needed for stable.
>
> Ulrich, the way I understood this, it was needed for your serdev series [1],
> and not for any existing usage. Right?

That is correct.

CU
Uli