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Date: Mon, 21 Dec 2020 22:12:24 +0100
From: Marcin Wojtas <mw@...ihalf.com>
To: Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
Cc: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
Russell King - ARM Linux admin <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
stable@...r.kernel.org,
Antoine Tenart <antoine.tenart@...tlin.com>,
Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@...tlin.com>,
"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
Gabor Samu <samu_gabor@...oo.ca>,
Jon Nettleton <jon@...id-run.com>,
Andrew Elwell <andrew.elwell@...il.com>,
Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 2/4] net: mvpp2: add mvpp2_phylink_to_port() helper
pon., 21 gru 2020 o 20:07 Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org> napisaĆ(a):
>
> On Mon, Dec 21, 2020 at 10:47:57AM -0800, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> >On Mon, 21 Dec 2020 18:30:32 +0000 Russell King - ARM Linux admin wrote:
> >> On Mon, Dec 21, 2020 at 10:25:39AM -0800, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> >> > We need to work with stable maintainers on this, let's see..
> >> >
> >> > Greg asked for a clear description of what happens, from your
> >> > previous response it sounds like a null-deref in mvpp2_mac_config().
> >> > Is the netdev -> config -> netdev linking not ready by the time
> >> > mvpp2_mac_config() is called?
> >>
> >> We are going round in circles, so nothing is going to happen.
> >>
> >> I stated in detail in one of my emails on the 10th December why the
> >> problem occurs. So, Greg has the description already. There is no
> >> need to repeat it.
> >>
> >> Can we please move forward with this?
> >
> >Well, the fact it wasn't quoted in Marcin's reply and that I didn't
> >spot it when scanning the 30 email thread should be a clear enough
> >indication whether pinging threads is a good strategy..
> >
> >A clear, fresh backport request would had been much more successful
> >and easier for Greg to process. If you still don't see a reply in
> >2 weeks, please just do that.
> >
> >In case Greg is in fact reading this:
> >
> >
> >Greg, can we backport:
> >
> >6c2b49eb9671 ("net: mvpp2: add mvpp2_phylink_to_port() helper")
>
> I've queued it for 5.4, thanks!
>
Thank you!
Best regards,
Marcin
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