linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH stable 5.4] usb: host: xhci-plat: add wakeup entry at sysfs

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Date:   Wed, 1 Feb 2023 15:19:08 -0800
From:   Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org,
        Matthias Kaehlcke <mka@...omium.org>,
        Mathias Nyman <mathias.nyman@...ux.intel.com>,
        Mathias Nyman <mathias.nyman@...el.com>,
        "open list:USB XHCI DRIVER" <linux-usb@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH stable 5.4] usb: host: xhci-plat: add wakeup entry at
 sysfs

On 2/1/23 10:16, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 01, 2023 at 09:44:04AM -0800, Florian Fainelli wrote:
>> From: Peter Chen <peter.chen@....com>
>>
>> commit  4bb4fc0dbfa23acab9b762949b91ffd52106fe4b upstream
>>
>> With this change, there will be a wakeup entry at /sys/../power/wakeup,
>> and the user could use this entry to choose whether enable xhci wakeup
>> features (wake up system from suspend) or not.
>>
>> Tested-by: Matthias Kaehlcke <mka@...omium.org>
>> Reviewed-by: Matthias Kaehlcke <mka@...omium.org>
>> Signed-off-by: Peter Chen <peter.chen@....com>
>> Signed-off-by: Mathias Nyman <mathias.nyman@...ux.intel.com>
>> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200918131752.16488-6-mathias.nyman@linux.intel.com
>> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
>> Signed-off-by: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
>> ---
>>   drivers/usb/host/xhci-plat.c | 2 +-
>>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> Why is this new feature needed on these older kernels?  What does it fix
> that is broken?

It fixes the inability to make the XHCI controller a wake-up device 
since there is no /sys/*/*xhci/power/wakeup sysfs entry to manipulate 
unless this patch is applied.

> 
> And why not just use a newer kernel release if you want to use this
> feature?

Because I maintain multiple version streams so I have always have a way 
to compare an older with a newer kernel and ensure they all behave properly.

This should have been flagged with a Fixes: tag IMHO in the first place.
-- 
Florian