linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] fbdev updates & fixes for v5.17-rc1

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Date:   Fri, 21 Jan 2022 10:53:36 +0100
From:   Helge Deller <deller@....de>
To:     Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>,
        Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:     Daniel Vetter <daniel@...ll.ch>, linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org,
        Daniel Thompson <daniel.thompson@...aro.org>,
        Jingoo Han <jingoohan1@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] fbdev updates & fixes for v5.17-rc1

On 1/21/22 10:19, Lee Jones wrote:
> On Fri, 21 Jan 2022, Jani Nikula wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 21 Jan 2022, Daniel Vetter <daniel@...ll.ch> wrote:
>>> On Wed, Jan 19, 2022 at 5:02 PM Helge Deller <deller@....de> wrote:
>>>> A first bunch of updates and fixes for the following fbdev & backlight drivers:
>>>> ocfb, aty128fb, mb862xx, omapfb, qcom-wled, dt-bindings, hyperv_fb,
>>>> lm3630a_bl, omap2, controlfb, matroxfb
>>>>
>>>> Nothing really important, mostly cleanups, const conversions, added null
>>>> pointer/boundary checks and build fixes.
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Helge Deller <deller@....de>
>>>
>>> Not sure whether Linus missed this or just wanted to let the
>>> discussion settle first. But since this is all random patches for
>>> drivers that many distros don't even enable anymore there's no issues
>>> here, and I very much welcome someone volunteering to pick these up.
>>> I'd expect there's a pile more since it's been 1-2 years since Bart
>>> took care of these and merged them consistently.
>>>
>>> Acked-by: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@...ll.ch>
>>
>> ...
>>
>>>>  drivers/video/backlight/lm3630a_bl.c                     |  1 -
>>>>  drivers/video/backlight/qcom-wled.c                      |  1 +
>>
>> Backlight changes usually go through the backlight tree.

Sorry, I didn't know yet.

> Yes, they do.  How were these applied to the DRM tree?

I did applied them.
Shall I drop them and you decide about them?
Next I round I'll take care not to pick backlight patches.

Helge


> I don't see any mails about them being applied:
>
>   Luca Weiss (2):
>         backlight: qcom-wled: Add PM6150L compatible
>
>   https://lore.kernel.org/all/20211229170358.2457006-2-luca.weiss@fairphone.com/
>
>   Xu Wang (2):
>         backlight: lm3630a_bl: Remove redundant 'flush_workqueue()' calls
>
>   https://lore.kernel.org/all/20220113084806.13822-1-vulab@iscas.ac.cn/
>