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Message-ID: <a510e9bd-ea17-dc43-9985-0c7fcec4b245@infradead.org>
Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2023 17:58:47 -0700
From: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
To: Sohil Mehta <sohil.mehta@...el.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Jiri Kosina <jikos@...nel.org>, x86@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86/APM: drop the duplicate APM_MINOR_DEV macro
On 7/27/23 15:41, Randy Dunlap wrote:
>
>
> On 7/27/23 15:05, Sohil Mehta wrote:
>> On 7/27/2023 2:21 PM, Randy Dunlap wrote:
>>> On 7/27/23 13:06, Sohil Mehta wrote:
>>>> I am not sure if a Fixes tag is really needed for a redundant macro
>>>> definition. If at all, shouldn't it be 874bcd00f520c ("apm-emulation:
>>>> move APM_MINOR_DEV to include/linux/miscdevice.h") ?
>>>
>>> I don't see any need for this patch to be backported.
>>>
>>> Should it be commit 874bcd00f520c? Maybe. That one certainly
>>> missed moving this macro.
>>>
>>
>> Also, applying this patch anytime before 874bcd00f520c will cause a
>> compilation issue unless 874bcd00f520c is applied as well.
>
> Yeah, that's a good point. Thanks.
>
I'll send a v2 with the Fixes: tag changed.
Thanks.
--
~Randy
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