linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] tty: serial: 8250: Fixes: Fix port count mismatch with the device

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Date: Sun, 16 Jun 2024 22:06:09 +0200
From: Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
To: Crescent CY Hsieh <crescentcy.hsieh@...a.com>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>, Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...nel.org>, 
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-serial@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] tty: serial: 8250: Fixes: Fix port count mismatch with
 the device

On Sun, Jun 16, 2024 at 6:16 AM Crescent CY Hsieh
<crescentcy.hsieh@...a.com> wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 15, 2024 at 08:18:41AM +0200, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > On Sat, Jun 15, 2024 at 01:36:52PM +0800, Crescent CY Hsieh wrote:
> > > On Fri, Jun 14, 2024 at 11:07:29AM +0200, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > > > On Fri, Jun 14, 2024 at 05:03:22PM +0800, Crescent Hsieh wrote:

...

> > > > What commit id does this fix?
> > >
> > > None, it's just a normal patch, I might have mistakenly added the "fix"
> > > tag.
> >
> > You say "fix" twice in the subject line, and it looks like it actually
> > does resolve a problem in the current code.
> >
> > Or is this all just a "cleanup" change?
> >
> > confused,
>
> After reviewing what this patch has done, I found that it does fix the
> problem of retrieving the wrong number of ports on some Moxa PCI serial
> devices. However, this issue is not severe enough to cause any system
> problems.

Yes, but it is still a fix. So, which commit does it fix? We may add a
Fixes tag then.


-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko