linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] USB: gadget: core: adjust uevent timing on gadget unbind

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Message-ID: <2023112835-sediment-subsidy-7e99@gregkh>
Date:   Tue, 28 Nov 2023 19:01:08 +0000
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Roy Luo <royluo@...gle.com>
Cc:     stern@...land.harvard.edu, badhri@...gle.com,
        quic_kriskura@...cinc.com, francesco.dolcini@...adex.com,
        quic_eserrao@...cinc.com, ivan.orlov0322@...il.com,
        linux-usb@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] USB: gadget: core: adjust uevent timing on gadget
 unbind

On Tue, Nov 28, 2023 at 10:52:49AM -0800, Roy Luo wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 28, 2023 at 12:00 AM Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org> wrote:
> > - You have marked a patch with a "Fixes:" tag for a commit that is in an
> >   older released kernel, yet you do not have a cc: stable line in the
> >   signed-off-by area at all, which means that the patch will not be
> >   applied to any older kernel releases.  To properly fix this, please
> >   follow the documented rules in the
> >   Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst file for how to resolve
> >   this.
> 
> I don't see a need for this patch to go into stable kernels after
> reviewing Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst, please let me
> know if you think otherwise.

If you think this fixes a bug in the existing code, why wouldn't it be
needed?

Also, this implies that you will not be wanting it backported to any
chromeos or android kernels?

thanks,

greg k-h