linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL 4.18 043/131] ASoC: soc-pcm: Use delay set in component pointer function

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Message-ID: <20180907103938.GB17459@sirena.org.uk>
Date:   Fri, 7 Sep 2018 11:39:38 +0100
From:   Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
To:     Sasha Levin <Alexander.Levin@...rosoft.com>
Cc:     "stable@...r.kernel.org" <stable@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Akshu Agrawal <akshu.agrawal@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL 4.18 043/131] ASoC: soc-pcm: Use delay set in
 component pointer function

On Fri, Sep 07, 2018 at 12:23:14AM +0000, Sasha Levin wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 03, 2018 at 12:16:26PM +0100, Mark Brown wrote:

> >I'm worried that if anyone notices this at all they will have already
> >compensated for the delays in userspace and therefore this will cause
> >them to see problems as they get double compenstation for delays.

> But what happens when they update to a newer Stable? They're going to
> hit that issue anyways.

Yes, but taking an entire new kernel release is something that'd
normally warrant a lot more integration testing than just merging in a
new stable release.

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