linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 5.4 57/60] modpost: fix section mismatch check for exported init/exit sections

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Message-ID: <CAKwvOd=S05LN=bDXcWpkpz1NG+C=M4Hd0HW0xcP_hrSsf8Mb9Q@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Wed, 29 Jun 2022 09:59:25 -0700
From:   Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>
To:     Maarten Lankhorst <maarten.lankhorst@...ux.intel.com>,
        Maxime Ripard <mripard@...nel.org>,
        Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@...e.de>,
        David Airlie <airlied@...ux.ie>,
        Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@...ll.ch>
Cc:     Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org,
        Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>,
        Jessica Yu <jeyu@...nel.org>, Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>,
        dri-devel <dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5.4 57/60] modpost: fix section mismatch check for
 exported init/exit sections

On Tue, Jun 28, 2022 at 10:38 PM Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Jun 28, 2022 at 12:11:50PM -0700, Nick Desaulniers wrote:
> > Maybe let's check with Christoph if it's ok to backport bf22c9ec39da
> > to stable 5.10 and 5.4?
>
> I'd be fine with that, but in the end it is something for the relevant
> maintainers to decide.

$ ./scripts/get_maintainer.pl -f drivers/gpu/drm/drm_crtc_helper_internal.h
Maarten Lankhorst <maarten.lankhorst@...ux.intel.com> (maintainer:DRM
DRIVERS AND MISC GPU PATCHES)
Maxime Ripard <mripard@...nel.org> (maintainer:DRM DRIVERS AND MISC GPU PATCHES)
Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@...e.de> (maintainer:DRM DRIVERS AND
MISC GPU PATCHES)
David Airlie <airlied@...ux.ie> (maintainer:DRM DRIVERS)
Daniel Vetter <daniel@...ll.ch> (maintainer:DRM DRIVERS)
dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org (open list:DRM DRIVERS)
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org (open list)

Maarten, Maxime, Thomas, David, or Daniel,
Is it ok to backport
commit bf22c9ec39da ("drm: remove drm_fb_helper_modinit")
to 5.10.y and 5.4.y to fix the modpost warning reported by Florian in
https://lore.kernel.org/stable/6cd16364-f0cd-b3f3-248f-4b6d585d05ef@gmail.com/ ?
-- 
Thanks,
~Nick Desaulniers