linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 5.10 1/1] mt76: fix mt7615_init_tx

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Date:   Mon, 30 Jan 2023 14:37:26 +0100
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Жандарович Никита Игоревич <n.zhandarovich@...tech.ru>
Cc:     "stable@...r.kernel.org" <stable@...r.kernel.org>,
        Felix Fietkau <nbd@....name>,
        Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo.bianconi83@...il.com>,
        Ryder Lee <ryder.lee@...iatek.com>,
        Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        "linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org" <linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-mediatek@...ts.infradead.org" 
        <linux-mediatek@...ts.infradead.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Alexey Khoroshilov <khoroshilov@...ras.ru>,
        "lvc-project@...uxtesting.org" <lvc-project@...uxtesting.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5.10 1/1] mt76: fix mt7615_init_tx_queues() return value

On Mon, Jan 30, 2023 at 01:27:26PM +0000, Жандарович Никита Игоревич wrote:
> > What is the git commit id of this upstream?
> > 
> > And I can't apply this as-is for the obvious reason it would mess up the
> > changelog, how did you create this?
> > 
> > confused,
> > 
> > greg k-h
> 
> Commit in question is b671da33d1c5973f90f098ff66a91953691df582
> upstream. I wasn't certain it makes sense to backport the whole patch
> as only a small portion of it pertains to the fault at question.

What is the "fault"?

And why not take the whole thing?  What's wrong with that?  We almost
always want to take whatever is in Linus's tree because when we do not,
we almost always cause bugs or other problems (later merge issues.)

So always take the original fix please.

thanks,

greg k-h