linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.15 101/110] ALSA: seq: Remove unused snd_seq_queue_client_leave

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Message-ID: <aFLnChz3gg_tZg9j@gallifrey>
Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2025 16:19:22 +0000
From: "Dr. David Alan Gilbert" <linux@...blig.org>
To: Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
Cc: patches@...ts.linux.dev, stable@...r.kernel.org,
	Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.de>, perex@...ex.cz, tiwai@...e.com,
	yuehaibing@...wei.com, linux-sound@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.15 101/110] ALSA: seq: Remove unused
 snd_seq_queue_client_leave_cells

* Sasha Levin (sashal@...nel.org) wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 01, 2025 at 11:51:02PM +0000, Dr. David Alan Gilbert wrote:
> > * Sasha Levin (sashal@...nel.org) wrote:
> > 
> > Hi Sasha,
> > 
> > > From: "Dr. David Alan Gilbert" <linux@...blig.org>
> > > 
> > > [ Upstream commit 81ea9e92941091bb3178d49e63b13bf4df2ee46b ]
> > > 
> > > The last use of snd_seq_queue_client_leave_cells() was removed in 2018
> > > by
> > > commit 85d59b57be59 ("ALSA: seq: Remove superfluous
> > > snd_seq_queue_client_leave_cells() call")
> > > 
> > > Remove it.
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Dr. David Alan Gilbert <linux@...blig.org>
> > > Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.de>
> > > Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250502235219.1000429-4-linux@treblig.org
> > > Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
> > > ---
> > > 
> > > NO This commit should not be backported to stable kernel trees for
> > > several reasons:
> > 
> > I'd agree with that big fat NO - unless it makes your life easier backporting
> > a big pile of other stuff.
> > I'm a bit curious about:
> >  a) How it got picked up by autosel - I'm quite careful not to include
> >     'fixes' tags to avoid them getting picked up.
> 
> autosel does it's analysis based on LLMs rather than just commit tags.

To be fair the bot's conclusions were right; give it a treat.

> >  b) Given it's got a big fat no, why is it posted here?
> 
> I was trying to be too smart :)
> 
> My scripts got confused by the "YES" later on in the explanation.

Ah, OK.

> Now dropped!

Thanks.

Dave

> -- 
> Thanks,
> Sasha
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