linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] dt-bindings: rtc: qcom-pm8xxx: fix inconsistent example

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Message-ID: <ZWoLzTX0zmCOxsVm@hovoldconsulting.com>
Date:   Fri, 1 Dec 2023 17:37:33 +0100
From:   Johan Hovold <johan@...nel.org>
To:     Conor Dooley <conor@...nel.org>
Cc:     Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@...aro.org>,
        Johan Hovold <johan+linaro@...nel.org>,
        Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@...tlin.com>,
        Alessandro Zummo <a.zummo@...ertech.it>,
        Andy Gross <agross@...nel.org>,
        Bjorn Andersson <andersson@...nel.org>,
        Konrad Dybcio <konrad.dybcio@...aro.org>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski+dt@...aro.org>,
        Conor Dooley <conor+dt@...nel.org>,
        linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org, linux-rtc@...r.kernel.org,
        devicetree@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] dt-bindings: rtc: qcom-pm8xxx: fix inconsistent example

On Fri, Dec 01, 2023 at 04:27:33PM +0000, Conor Dooley wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 01, 2023 at 10:31:22AM +0100, Johan Hovold wrote:

> > A Fixes tag does not in itself imply that something should be
> > backported, we have CC-stable tags for that.
> 
> IDK, I think at this point every highly active kernel developer should
> be aware that the stable maintainers backport way more than just what
> gets explicitly CCed to stable.

I'm quite aware of that, and if one of my patches with a Fixes tag is
picked up for backporting when it should not I complain loudly.

For this patch, I would not necessarily complain however as the current
example is misleading.

Johan

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