linux-kernel - Re: three commits you might or might not want to pick up for 6.9.y

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Message-ID: <2024051709-pretty-rambling-fc7e@gregkh>
Date: Fri, 17 May 2024 12:37:15 +0200
From: Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To: Thorsten Leemhuis <regressions@...mhuis.info>
Cc: "stable@...r.kernel.org" <stable@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux kernel regressions list <regressions@...ts.linux.dev>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: three commits you might or might not want to pick up for 6.9.y

On Wed, May 15, 2024 at 04:09:17PM +0200, Greg KH wrote:
> On Wed, May 15, 2024 at 03:49:30PM +0200, Thorsten Leemhuis wrote:
> > Hi Greg. Here are three reports for regressions introduced during the
> > 6.9 cycle that were not fixed for 6.9 for one reason or another, but are
> > fixed in mainline now. So they might be good candidates to pick up early
> > for 6.9.y -- or maybe not, not sure. You are the better judge here. I
> > just thought you might wanted to know about them.
> > 
> > 
> > * net: Bluetooth: firmware loading problems with older firmware:
> > https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20240401144424.1714-1-mike@fireburn.co.uk/
> > 
> > Fixed by 958cd6beab693f ("Bluetooth: btusb: Fix the patch for MT7920 the
> > affected to MT7921") – which likely should have gone into 6.9, but did
> > not due to lack of fixes: an stable tags:
> > https://lore.kernel.org/all/CABBYNZK1QWNHpmXUyne1Vmqqvy7csmivL7q7N2Mu=2fmrUV4jg@mail.gmail.com/
> > 
> > 
> > * leds/iwlwifi: hangs on boot:
> > https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/30f757e3-73c5-5473-c1f8-328bab98fd7d@candelatech.com/
> > 
> > Fixed by 3d913719df14c2 ("wifi: iwlwifi: Use request_module_nowait") –
> > not sure if that one is worth it, the regression might be an exotic
> > corner case.
> > 
> > 
> > * Ryzen 7840HS CPU single core never boosts to max frequency:
> > https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=218759
> > 
> > Fixed by bf202e654bfa57 ("cpufreq: amd-pstate: fix the highest frequency
> > issue which limits performance") – which was broken out of a patch-set
> > by the developers to send it in for 6.9, but then was only merged for
> > 6.10 by the maintainer.
> 
> Nice, thanks for these!  I'll look at them after this round of -rcs is
> out.

All now queued up.

greg k-h