linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 09/10] drm/msm/dp: drop modeset sanity checks

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Message-ID: <YzQ9CPwxZXFJCQGG@hovoldconsulting.com>
Date:   Wed, 28 Sep 2022 14:24:40 +0200
From:   Johan Hovold <johan@...nel.org>
To:     Abhinav Kumar <quic_abhinavk@...cinc.com>
Cc:     Johan Hovold <johan+linaro@...nel.org>,
        Douglas Anderson <dianders@...omium.org>,
        Dmitry Baryshkov <dmitry.baryshkov@...aro.org>,
        Rob Clark <robdclark@...il.com>,
        Andrzej Hajda <andrzej.hajda@...el.com>,
        Neil Armstrong <neil.armstrong@...aro.org>,
        Robert Foss <robert.foss@...aro.org>,
        Laurent Pinchart <Laurent.pinchart@...asonboard.com>,
        Jonas Karlman <jonas@...boo.se>,
        Jernej Skrabec <jernej.skrabec@...il.com>,
        Daniel Vetter <daniel@...ll.ch>, Sean Paul <sean@...rly.run>,
        Stephen Boyd <swboyd@...omium.org>,
        Bjorn Andersson <andersson@...nel.org>,
        Manivannan Sadhasivam <manivannan.sadhasivam@...aro.org>,
        Kuogee Hsieh <quic_khsieh@...cinc.com>,
        Steev Klimaszewski <steev@...i.org>,
        dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org, linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org,
        freedreno@...ts.freedesktop.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 09/10] drm/msm/dp: drop modeset sanity checks

On Tue, Sep 27, 2022 at 11:42:53AM -0700, Abhinav Kumar wrote:
> On 9/27/2022 12:14 AM, Johan Hovold wrote:
> > On Mon, Sep 26, 2022 at 11:17:20AM -0700, Abhinav Kumar wrote:
> >> On 9/13/2022 1:53 AM, Johan Hovold wrote:
> >>> Drop the overly defensive modeset sanity checks of function parameters
> >>> which have already been checked or used by the callers.
> >>>
> >>> Reviewed-by: Dmitry Baryshkov <dmitry.baryshkov@...aro.org>
> >>> Signed-off-by: Johan Hovold <johan+linaro@...nel.org>
> >>
> >> The change LGTM, hence
> >>
> >> Reviewed-by: Abhinav Kumar <quic_abhinavk@...cinc.com>
> >>
> >> I think we can use below fixes tag so that we can pick up this entire
> >> series for the fixes cycle.
> >>
> >> Fixes: c943b4948b58 ("drm/msm/dp: add displayPort driver support")
> > 
> > Perhaps that's a requirement for drm, but I wouldn't add a Fixes tag for
> > this otherwise as it's not a bug.
> > 
> > You also have to watch out for Sasha and his autosel scripts which will
> > probably try to backport this to stable if it finds a Fixes tag.

> Discussed with Rob on IRC, we will apply everything except the last two 
> patches of this series in the -fixes and take these two for the next 
> kernel rev push.

So the fixes go in 6.0 and the two follow-on cleanups in 6.1? Or did you
mean 6.1 and 6.2?

Johan