linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 01/38] backlight/bd6107: Compare against struct fb

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Message-ID: <20230613103730.GA169438@aspen.lan>
Date:   Tue, 13 Jun 2023 11:37:30 +0100
From:   Daniel Thompson <daniel.thompson@...aro.org>
To:     Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@...e.de>
Cc:     daniel@...ll.ch, javierm@...hat.com, sam@...nborg.org,
        deller@....de, geert+renesas@...der.be, lee@...nel.org,
        jingoohan1@...il.com, dan.carpenter@...aro.org,
        michael.j.ruhl@...el.com, linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org,
        dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org, linux-sh@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-omap@...r.kernel.org, linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart+renesas@...asonboard.com>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 01/38] backlight/bd6107: Compare against struct
 fb_info.device

On Mon, Jun 12, 2023 at 04:07:39PM +0200, Thomas Zimmermann wrote:
> Struct bd6107_platform_data refers to a platform device within
> the Linux device hierarchy. The test in bd6107_backlight_check_fb()
> compares it against the fbdev device in struct fb_info.dev, which
> is different. Fix the test by comparing to struct fb_info.device.
>
> Fixes a bug in the backlight driver and prepares fbdev for making
> struct fb_info.dev optional.
>
> v2:
> 	* move renames into separate patch (Javier, Sam, Michael)
>
> Fixes: 67b43e590415 ("backlight: Add ROHM BD6107 backlight driver")
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@...e.de>
> Cc: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart+renesas@...asonboard.com>
> Cc: Lee Jones <lee@...nel.org>
> Cc: Daniel Thompson <daniel.thompson@...aro.org>
> Cc: Jingoo Han <jingoohan1@...il.com>
> Cc: dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org
> Cc: <stable@...r.kernel.org> # v3.12+
> Reviewed-by: Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm@...hat.com>

Reviewed-by: Daniel Thompson <daniel.thompson@...aro.org>


Daniel.

PS Please don't treat this as an Acked-by, if you want to land this
   patchset via a single tree please coordinate with Lee Jones!