netdev - Re: [PATCH net] net: dsa: mt7530: correct ds->num

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Date:   Tue, 19 Oct 2021 07:59:43 +0200
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
Cc:     DENG Qingfang <dqfext@...il.com>,
        Sean Wang <sean.wang@...iatek.com>,
        Landen Chao <Landen.Chao@...iatek.com>,
        Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
        Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@...il.com>,
        Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@...il.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Matthias Brugger <matthias.bgg@...il.com>,
        Philipp Zabel <p.zabel@...gutronix.de>,
        Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-mediatek@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] net: dsa: mt7530: correct ds->num_ports

On Mon, Oct 18, 2021 at 09:22:49AM -0700, Florian Fainelli wrote:
> On 10/18/21 1:42 AM, DENG Qingfang wrote:
> > On Sat, Oct 16, 2021 at 07:36:14PM -0700, Florian Fainelli wrote:
> >> On 10/15/2021 11:24 PM, DENG Qingfang wrote:
> >>> Setting ds->num_ports to DSA_MAX_PORTS made DSA core allocate unnecessary
> >>> dsa_port's and call mt7530_port_disable for non-existent ports.
> >>>
> >>> Set it to MT7530_NUM_PORTS to fix that, and dsa_is_user_port check in
> >>> port_enable/disable is no longer required.
> >>>
> >>> Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
> >>> Signed-off-by: DENG Qingfang <dqfext@...il.com>
> >>
> >> Do you really want to target the net tree for this change?
> > 
> > Yes because I consider this a bug fix.
> 
> 
> OK, why not provide a Fixes tag to help with targeting the back port
> then? This has been applied anyway, so hopefully the auto selection will
> do its job and tell you where it stops applying cleanly.

Without a "Fixes:" tag, I just backport things as far are they are easy
to go and then stop without an email saying anything fails on older
kernels.

thanks,

greg k-h