linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL 5.17 34/49] spi: cadence-quadspi: fix protocol setup for non-1-1-X operations

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Date:   Tue, 12 Apr 2022 13:07:09 +0100
From:   Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
To:     Matthias Schiffer <matthias.schiffer@...tq-group.com>
Cc:     Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>, linux-spi@...r.kernel.org,
        Pratyush Yadav <p.yadav@...com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL 5.17 34/49] spi: cadence-quadspi: fix protocol
 setup for non-1-1-X operations

On Tue, Apr 12, 2022 at 01:49:19PM +0200, Matthias Schiffer wrote:

Please don't top post, reply in line with needed context.  This allows
readers to readily follow the flow of conversation and understand what
you are talking about and also helps ensure that everything in the
discussion is being addressed.

> what's your plan regarding this patch and the other patch I sent [1]? I
> think there has been some confusion regarding which solution we want to
> backport to stable kernels (well, at least I'm confused...)

Well, it's up to the stable people what they choose to backport -
they're generally fairly aggressive about what they pick up so I guess
they want to take this one?

> I'm fine with this patch getting backported, but in that case [1]
> doesn't make sense anymore (in fact I expected this patch to be dropped
> for now when I submitted [1], due to Pratyush Yadav's concerns).

> [1] https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/spi-devel-general/patch/20220406132832.199777-1-matthias.schiffer@ew.tq-group.com/

For the benefit of those playing at home that's "spi: cadence-quadspi:
fix incorrect supports_op() return value".  It's much more the sort of
thing I'd expect to see backported to stable so it seems good from that
point of view.

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