linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH stable 4.9 00/21] Unbreak 32-bit DVB applications on 64-bit kernels

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Message-ID: <99a35736-6539-4a83-b0f0-74a8cf28d85d@gmail.com>
Date:   Wed, 24 Jun 2020 08:41:06 -0700
From:   Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
To:     Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org,
        Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...nel.org>,
        Michael Krufky <mkrufky@...uxtv.org>,
        Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
        Shuah Khan <shuah@...nel.org>,
        Jaedon Shin <jaedon.shin@...il.com>,
        Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>,
        Katsuhiro Suzuki <suzuki.katsuhiro@...ionext.com>,
        Satendra Singh Thakur <satendra.t@...sung.com>,
        "open list:MEDIA INPUT INFRASTRUCTURE (V4L/DVB)" 
        <linux-media@...r.kernel.org>,
        "open list:FILESYSTEMS (VFS and infrastructure)" 
        <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH stable 4.9 00/21] Unbreak 32-bit DVB applications on
 64-bit kernels



On 6/23/2020 12:13 PM, Greg KH wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 05, 2020 at 09:24:57AM -0700, Florian Fainelli wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> This long patch series was motivated by backporting Jaedon's changes
>> which add a proper ioctl compatibility layer for 32-bit applications
>> running on 64-bit kernels. We have a number of Android TV-based products
>> currently running on the 4.9 kernel and this was broken for them.
>>
>> Thanks to Robert McConnell for identifying and providing the patches in
>> their initial format.
>>
>> In order for Jaedon's patches to apply cleanly a number of changes were
>> applied to support those changes. If you deem the patch series too big
>> please let me know.
> 
> Now queued up,t hanks.

Thanks a lot, I did not get an email about "[PATCH stable 4.9 02/21]
media: dvb_frontend: initialize variable s with FE_NONE instead of 0"
being applied, not that it is a very important change,

> 
> greg k-h
> 

-- 
Florian