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Date:   Tue, 25 Jan 2022 15:43:56 +0100
From:   Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@...gutronix.de>
To:     linux-pwm@...r.kernel.org, thierry.reding@...il.com,
        lee.jones@...aro.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        andrey@...edev.lt, stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] pwm-sun4i: convert "next_period" to local variable

On Tue, Jan 25, 2022 at 03:39:16PM +0100, Max Kellermann wrote:
> On 2022/01/25 15:31, Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@...gutronix.de> wrote:
> > I think I'd drop this. This isn't a fix worth on it's own to be
> > backported and if this is needed for one of the next patches, the stable
> > maintainers will notice themselves (and it might be worth to shuffle
> > this series to make the fixes come first).
> 
> The first two patches are preparation for the third patch, which fixes
> the actual bug.
> 
> Of course, I could have done everything in one patch, but I thought
> splitting the first two out makes review easier.  This way, every step
> is almost trivial.
> 
> If you want me to fold the three patches into one, I can do that.  But
> I can't reorder them (or backport only the bug fix to stable).

That sounds fine. Note my statement "I'd drop this" only refers to the
Cc: stable line.

Best regards
Uwe

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