linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4.14 00/20] 4.14.310-rc2 review

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Date:   Thu, 16 Mar 2023 10:23:40 +0100
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Pavel Machek <pavel@...x.de>
Cc:     stable@...r.kernel.org, patches@...ts.linux.dev,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
        akpm@...ux-foundation.org, linux@...ck-us.net, shuah@...nel.org,
        patches@...nelci.org, lkft-triage@...ts.linaro.org,
        jonathanh@...dia.com, f.fainelli@...il.com,
        sudipm.mukherjee@...il.com, srw@...dewatkins.net, rwarsow@....de
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4.14 00/20] 4.14.310-rc2 review

On Thu, Mar 16, 2023 at 09:58:56AM +0100, Pavel Machek wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> > This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 4.14.310 release.
> > There are 20 patches in this series, all will be posted as a response
> > to this one.  If anyone has any issues with these being applied, please
> > let me know.
> 
> > Dmitry Baryshkov <dmitry.baryshkov@...aro.org>
> >     clk: qcom: mmcc-apq8084: remove spdm clocks
> 
> This looks like a cleanup, we should not need it in stable.

Now removed.

> > Paul Elder <paul.elder@...asonboard.com>
> >     media: ov5640: Fix analogue gain control
> 
> This is an API tweak, not a bugfix. This will have negative impact on
> users upgrading from 4.14.309 and 4.14.310, because you can be pretty
> sure someone out there uses the "old" interface in their
> application. I'm probably responsible for that sin in millipixels
> fork.

They would have the same "impact" when moving to a newer kernel anyway,
so this seems like a valid bugfix to me.

thanks,

greg k-h