linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/6] PCI/ASPM: Fix pci_enable_link

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Message-ID: <f3374104-684d-48c7-9e2d-e97dd48700e9@oss.qualcomm.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2025 10:11:27 -0700
From: Jeff Johnson <jeff.johnson@....qualcomm.com>
To: manivannan.sadhasivam@....qualcomm.com,
        Jeff Johnson
 <jjohnson@...nel.org>,
        Manivannan Sadhasivam <mani@...nel.org>,
        Lorenzo Pieralisi <lpieralisi@...nel.org>,
        Krzysztof Wilczyński <kwilczynski@...nel.org>,
        Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>, Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>,
        Nirmal Patel <nirmal.patel@...ux.intel.com>,
        Jonathan Derrick <jonathan.derrick@...ux.dev>
Cc: linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        ath12k@...ts.infradead.org, ath11k@...ts.infradead.org,
        ath10k@...ts.infradead.org, Bjorn Helgaas <helgaas@...nel.org>,
        ilpo.jarvinen@...ux.intel.com, linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-pci@...r.kernel.org,
        Krishna Chaitanya Chundru <krishna.chundru@....qualcomm.com>,
        Qiang Yu <qiang.yu@....qualcomm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/6] PCI/ASPM: Fix pci_enable_link_state*() APIs behavior

On 7/16/2025 5:56 AM, Manivannan Sadhasivam via B4 Relay wrote:
> Merging Strategy
> ================
> 
> Even though there is no build dependency between PCI core and atheros patches,
> there is a functional dependency. So I'd recommend creating an immutable branch
> with PCI patches and merging that branch into both PCI and linux-wireless trees
> and finally merging the atheros patches into linux-wireless tree.
> 
> If immutable branch seems like a hassle, then PCI core patches could get merged
> for 6.17 and atheros patches can wait for 6.18.

I'm fine with either strategy. In the first case I'd merge the immutable
branch into the ath tree. Note I plan to issue my final PR to linux-wireless
for the 6.17 merge window on Monday, so we should close on this decision soon.

/jeff