linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL 5.4 148/350] media: ad5820: Define entity function

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Date:   Thu, 12 Dec 2019 13:24:37 +0100
From:   Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
To:     Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
Cc:     Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        stable@...r.kernel.org,
        Ricardo Ribalda Delgado <ribalda@...nel.org>,
        Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@...asonboard.com>,
        Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@...ux.intel.com>,
        Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+samsung@...nel.org>,
        linux-media@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL 5.4 148/350] media: ad5820: Define entity function

On Thu, Dec 12, 2019 at 01:19:38PM +0100, Pavel Machek wrote:
> On Tue 2019-12-10 16:04:13, Sasha Levin wrote:
> > From: Ricardo Ribalda Delgado <ribalda@...nel.org>
> > 
> > [ Upstream commit 801ef7c4919efba6b96b5aed1e72844ca69e26d3 ]
> > 
> > Without this patch, media_device_register_entity throws a warning:
> > 
> > dev_warn(mdev->dev,
> > 	 "Entity type for entity %s was not initialized!\n",
> > 	 entity->name);
> 
> This fixes warning, not a serious bug. Thus it is against stable
> rules.

That's a good enough fix for a real issue.  We take patches in stable
for this all the time.

thanks,

greg k-h