linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] staging: comedi: ni_660x: fix missing break in switch statement

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Message-ID: <882253b4-10e0-0343-37d8-a97ffca0b4c5@mev.co.uk>
Date:   Fri, 15 Feb 2019 17:43:32 +0000
From:   Ian Abbott <abbotti@....co.uk>
To:     Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>,
        "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavo@...eddedor.com>
Cc:     devel@...verdev.osuosl.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: comedi: ni_660x: fix missing break in switch
 statement

On 15/02/2019 15:48, Sasha Levin wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> [This is an automated email]
> 
> This commit has been processed because it contains a "Fixes:" tag,
> fixing commit: 58dd7c0a2a6e Staging: comedi: add ni_660x driver.
> 
> The bot has tested the following trees: v4.20.8, v4.19.21, v4.14.99, v4.9.156, v4.4.174, v3.18.134.
> 
> v4.20.8: Build OK!
> v4.19.21: Build OK!
> v4.14.99: Build OK!
> v4.9.156: Build OK!
> v4.4.174: Failed to apply! Possible dependencies:
>      01ead0ded315 ("staging: comedi: ni_660x: cleanup the NI660X_IO_CFG register helpers")
>      22acd860137a ("staging: comedi: ni_660x: change IOConfigReg() into a macro")
>      41014593caeb ("staging: comedi: ni_660x: cleanup the NI660X_GLOBAL_INT_{STATUS, CFG}")
>      502552e161ae ("staging: comedi: ni_660x: remove enum clock_config_register_bits")
>      518d38423b48 ("staging: comedi: ni_660x: tidy up ni_660x_select_pfi_output()")
>      9678b73e273a ("staging: comedi: ni_660x: tidy up ni_660x_write_register()")
>      aa94f2888825 ("staging: comedi: ni_660x: tidy up ni_660x_set_pfi_routing()")
>      ad98c18cb9de ("staging: comedi: ni_660x: tidy up ni_660x_read_register()")
>      cded944fa90c ("staging: comedi: ni_660x: Prefer kernel type 'u64' over 'uint64_t'")
>      fecf4cce0021 ("staging: comedi: ni_660x: cleanup the NI660X_DMA_CFG register helpers")
> 
> v3.18.134: Failed to apply! Possible dependencies:
>      01ead0ded315 ("staging: comedi: ni_660x: cleanup the NI660X_IO_CFG register helpers")
>      22acd860137a ("staging: comedi: ni_660x: change IOConfigReg() into a macro")
>      41014593caeb ("staging: comedi: ni_660x: cleanup the NI660X_GLOBAL_INT_{STATUS, CFG}")
>      502552e161ae ("staging: comedi: ni_660x: remove enum clock_config_register_bits")
>      518d38423b48 ("staging: comedi: ni_660x: tidy up ni_660x_select_pfi_output()")
>      9678b73e273a ("staging: comedi: ni_660x: tidy up ni_660x_write_register()")
>      aa94f2888825 ("staging: comedi: ni_660x: tidy up ni_660x_set_pfi_routing()")
>      ad98c18cb9de ("staging: comedi: ni_660x: tidy up ni_660x_read_register()")
>      cded944fa90c ("staging: comedi: ni_660x: Prefer kernel type 'u64' over 'uint64_t'")
>      fecf4cce0021 ("staging: comedi: ni_660x: cleanup the NI660X_DMA_CFG register helpers")
> 
> 
> How should we proceed with this patch?

Hi Sasha, the bug was introduced in v4.7 and hasn't been backported to 
any earlier stable kernels, so no need to do anything for v4.4.x or v3.18.x.

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