linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1 1/1] test_firmware: prevent race conditions by a correct implementation of locking

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Message-ID: <ZMfvAhOfSP5UXN6l@bombadil.infradead.org>
Date:   Mon, 31 Jul 2023 10:27:30 -0700
From:   Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>
To:     Mirsad Todorovac <mirsad.todorovac@....unizg.hr>
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Russ Weight <russell.h.weight@...el.com>,
        Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.de>,
        Tianfei Zhang <tianfei.zhang@...el.com>,
        Shuah Khan <shuah@...nel.org>,
        Colin Ian King <colin.i.king@...il.com>,
        Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>,
        linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org,
        Dan Carpenter <error27@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 1/1] test_firmware: prevent race conditions by a
 correct implementation of locking

On Mon, Jul 31, 2023 at 06:50:19PM +0200, Mirsad Todorovac wrote:
> NOTE: This patch is tested against 5.4 stable
> 
> NOTE: This is a patch for the 5.4 stable branch, not for the torvalds tree.
> 
>       The torvalds tree, and stable tree 5.10, 5.15, 6.1 and 6.4 branches
>       were fixed in the separate
>       commit ID 4acfe3dfde68 ("test_firmware: prevent race conditions by a correct implementation of locking")
>       which was incompatible with 5.4
> 

The above part is not part of the original commit, you also forgot to
mention the upstream commit:


[ Upstream commit 4acfe3dfde685a5a9eaec5555351918e2d7266a1 ]

> Fixes: c92316bf8e948 ("test_firmware: add batched firmware tests")
> Cc: Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@...nel.org>
> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
> Cc: Russ Weight <russell.h.weight@...el.com>
> Cc: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.de>
> Cc: Tianfei Zhang <tianfei.zhang@...el.com>
> Cc: Shuah Khan <shuah@...nel.org>
> Cc: Colin Ian King <colin.i.king@...il.com>
> Cc: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
> Cc: linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org
> Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org # v5.4
> Suggested-by: Dan Carpenter <error27@...il.com>

Here you can add the above note in brackets:

[ explain your changes here from the original commit ]

Then, I see two commits upstream on Linus tree which are also fixes
but not merged on v5.4, did you want those applied too?

  Luis