linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 6.0 523/862] phy: qcom-qmp-pcie: add pcs

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Date:   Wed, 19 Oct 2022 12:41:31 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Johan Hovold <johan@...nel.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org,
        Johan Hovold <johan+linaro@...nel.org>,
        Vinod Koul <vkoul@...nel.org>, Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 6.0 523/862] phy: qcom-qmp-pcie: add pcs_misc sanity check

On Wed, Oct 19, 2022 at 11:15:31AM +0200, Johan Hovold wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 19, 2022 at 10:30:10AM +0200, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > From: Johan Hovold <johan+linaro@...nel.org>
> > 
> > [ Upstream commit ecd5507e72ea03659dc2cc3e4393fbf8f4e2e02a ]
> > 
> > Make sure that the (otherwise) optional pcs_misc IO region has been
> > provided in case the configuration specifies a corresponding
> > initialisation table to avoid crashing with malformed device trees.
> > 
> > Note that the related debug message is now superfluous as the region is
> > only used when the configuration has a pcs_misc table.
> > 
> > Fixes: 421c9a0e9731 ("phy: qcom: qmp: Add SDM845 PCIe QMP PHY support")
> > Signed-off-by: Johan Hovold <johan+linaro@...nel.org>
> > Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220916102340.11520-2-johan+linaro@kernel.org
> > Signed-off-by: Vinod Koul <vkoul@...nel.org>
> > Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
> 
> This was added to prevent future bugs when adding support for new
> platforms and did not have a stable tag. Please drop.

Ok, that wasn't obvious at all from the changelog :(

I'll go drop this, and the others you marked as "should not be there"
from the queue, thanks.

Maybe next time, don't use a Fixes: tag if the commit really doesn't
"fix" anything in the current kernel...

thanks,

greg k-h