linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] i2c: ismt: Separate I2C block read from SMBus block read

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Message-ID: <20171007081426.inlxjb4zevybkai6@ninjato>
Date:   Sat, 7 Oct 2017 10:14:26 +0200
From:   Wolfram Sang <wsa@...-dreams.de>
To:     Pontus Andersson <epontan@...il.com>
Cc:     Seth Heasley <seth.heasley@...el.com>,
        Neil Horman <nhorman@...driver.com>,
        Stephen Douthit <stephend@...engineering.com>,
        linux-i2c@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] i2c: ismt: Separate I2C block read from SMBus block read


> Thank you! Is it safe to asume it will be backported to 4.4 stable
> branch and upwards as the problematic commit did (once in mainline)?

Yes, it has a Fixes: and a stable tag. That should do.

> > Might have been good to CC the patch author of the problematic commit,
> > too.
> 
> Yes, of course! Stephen is CC now at least (kept the commit message
> quoted at his convenience).

So, I'll wait for his tests and then send it to Linus ASAP. I think it
should be in rc5.


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