linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1 1/2] dt-bindings: arm: qcom,coresight-tpdm: Rename qcom,dsb-element-size

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Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2024 16:03:34 +0000
From: Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>
To: Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@....com>
Cc: Mao Jinlong <quic_jinlmao@...cinc.com>, Mike Leach <mike.leach@...aro.org>, 
	James Clark <james.clark@....com>, Bjorn Andersson <andersson@...nel.org>, 
	Konrad Dybcio <konrad.dybcio@...aro.org>, 
	Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski+dt@...aro.org>, Conor Dooley <conor+dt@...nel.org>, 
	Tao Zhang <quic_taozha@...cinc.com>, 
	Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>, coresight@...ts.linaro.org, 
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org, 
	devicetree@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 1/2] dt-bindings: arm: qcom,coresight-tpdm: Rename qcom,dsb-element-size

On Wed, Feb 14, 2024 at 9:56 AM Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@....com> wrote:
>
> On 13/02/2024 22:29, Rob Herring wrote:
> > On Tue, Feb 13, 2024 at 08:05:17AM -0800, Mao Jinlong wrote:
> >> Change qcom,dsb-element-size to qcom,dsb-element-bits as the unit is
> >> bit.
> >
> > That may be, but this is an ABI and you are stuck with it. Unless, you
> > can justify why that doesn't matter. (IIRC, this is new, so maybe no
> > users yet?)
>
> This was added and support queued in v6.8. This change won't make it to
> v6.8 (given it has to go via two levels and is technically not a fix).

I'd argue it is a fix. But given no users yet, delaying is fine.

> As James also pointed out, it doesn't matter what the name is (now that
> it has been published).

v6.8 final is what we consider published.

Rob