linux-kernel - Re: [irqchip: irq/irqchip-next] irqchip/ls-extirq: Fix endianness detection

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Message-ID: <9a7ef68d94e7d0ca879b9f55f7634df5@kernel.org>
Date:   Fri, 16 Dec 2022 18:22:31 +0000
From:   Marc Zyngier <maz@...nel.org>
To:     Sean Anderson <sean.anderson@...o.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org,
        tglx@...utronix.de
Subject: Re: [irqchip: irq/irqchip-next] irqchip/ls-extirq: Fix endianness
 detection

On 2022-12-16 16:37, Sean Anderson wrote:
> Hi Stable maintainers,
> 
> On 12/5/22 06:21, irqchip-bot for Sean Anderson wrote:
>> The following commit has been merged into the irq/irqchip-next branch 
>> of irqchip:
>> 
>> Commit-ID:     3ae977d0e4e3a2a2ccc912ca2d20c9430508ecdd
>> Gitweb:        
>> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/maz/arm-platforms/3ae977d0e4e3a2a2ccc912ca2d20c9430508ecdd
>> Author:        Sean Anderson <sean.anderson@...o.com>
>> AuthorDate:    Thu, 01 Dec 2022 16:28:07 -05:00
>> Committer:     Marc Zyngier <maz@...nel.org>
>> CommitterDate: Mon, 05 Dec 2022 10:39:52
>> 
>> irqchip/ls-extirq: Fix endianness detection
>> 
>> parent is the interrupt parent, not the parent of node. Use
>> node->parent. This fixes endianness detection on big-endian platforms.
>> 
>> Fixes: 1b00adce8afd ("irqchip/ls-extirq: Fix invalid wait context by 
>> avoiding to use regmap")
>> Signed-off-by: Sean Anderson <sean.anderson@...o.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier <maz@...nel.org>
>> Link: 
>> https://lore.kernel.org/r/20221201212807.616191-1-sean.anderson@seco.com
>> ---
>>  drivers/irqchip/irq-ls-extirq.c | 2 +-
>>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>> 
>> diff --git a/drivers/irqchip/irq-ls-extirq.c 
>> b/drivers/irqchip/irq-ls-extirq.c
>> index d8d48b1..139f26b 100644
>> --- a/drivers/irqchip/irq-ls-extirq.c
>> +++ b/drivers/irqchip/irq-ls-extirq.c
>> @@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ ls_extirq_of_init(struct device_node *node, struct 
>> device_node *parent)
>>         if (ret)
>>                 goto err_parse_map;
>> 
>> -       priv->big_endian = of_device_is_big_endian(parent);
>> +       priv->big_endian = of_device_is_big_endian(node->parent);
>>         priv->is_ls1021a_or_ls1043a = of_device_is_compatible(node, 
>> "fsl,ls1021a-extirq") ||
>>                                       of_device_is_compatible(node, 
>> "fsl,ls1043a-extirq");
>>         raw_spin_lock_init(&priv->lock);
> 
> This patch has made it into linux/master, but it should also get
> backported to 6.1. Just want to make sure this doesn't fall through the
> cracks, since this was a really annoying bug to deal with (causes an 
> IRQ
> storm).

If you wanted it backported, why didn't it have a Cc: stable
the first place? In any case, if you want a backport to happen,
you'll have to post that backport.

Thanks,

         M.
-- 
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