netdev - Re: [PATCH v2 net 2/6] net: mvneta: fix bit assignment in MVNETA_RXQ_CONFIG

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Date:	Thu, 26 Nov 2015 19:27:36 +0100
From:	Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@...e-electrons.com>
To:	Marcin Wojtas <mw@...ihalf.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net,
	linux@....linux.org.uk, sebastian.hesselbarth@...il.com,
	andrew@...n.ch, jason@...edaemon.net,
	gregory.clement@...e-electrons.com, simon.guinot@...uanux.org,
	nadavh@...vell.com, alior@...vell.com, xswang@...vell.com,
	myair@...vell.com, nitroshift@...oo.com, jaz@...ihalf.com,
	tn@...ihalf.com, <stable@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 net 2/6] net: mvneta: fix bit assignment in
 MVNETA_RXQ_CONFIG_REG

Dear Marcin Wojtas,

On Thu, 26 Nov 2015 19:08:09 +0100, Marcin Wojtas wrote:
> MVNETA_RXQ_HW_BUF_ALLOC bit which controls enabling hardware buffer
> allocation was mistakenly set as BIT(1). This commit fixes the assignment.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Marcin Wojtas <mw@...ihalf.com>
> Reviewed-by: Gregory CLEMENT <gregory.clement@...e-electrons.com>
> Cc: <stable@...r.kernel.org> # v3.8+
> Fixes: c5aff18204da ("net: mvneta: driver for Marvell Armada 370/XP network
> unit")
> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

What is the user-visible impact of this bug? Indeed, the code is wrong,
but things were working fine until now.

So I am not questioning that this patch should be merged, but only
questioning whether the stable tag is appropriate.

Same questions for your patch 3/6.

Thomas
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Thomas Petazzoni, CTO, Free Electrons
Embedded Linux, Kernel and Android engineering
http://free-electrons.com
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