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From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Manivannan Sadhasivam <manivannan.sadhasivam@linaro.org>
Cc: Bjorn Andersson <andersson@kernel.org>,
	bp@alien8.de, mchehab@kernel.org, james.morse@arm.com,
	rric@kernel.org, linux-arm-msm@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-edac@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	quic_saipraka@quicinc.com, stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 2/2] EDAC/qcom: Get rid of hardcoded register offsets
Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2023 20:32:20 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <2023041047-oboe-playmaker-ca1b@gregkh> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20230410155111.GB4630@thinkpad>

On Mon, Apr 10, 2023 at 09:21:11PM +0530, Manivannan Sadhasivam wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 15, 2023 at 03:22:42PM -0700, Bjorn Andersson wrote:
> > On Tue, Mar 14, 2023 at 12:10:32PM +0530, Manivannan Sadhasivam wrote:
> > > The LLCC EDAC register offsets varies between each SoC. Hardcoding the
> > > register offsets won't work and will often result in crash due to
> > > accessing the wrong locations.
> > > 
> > > Hence, get the register offsets from the LLCC driver matching the
> > > individual SoCs.
> > > 
> > > Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # 6.0: 5365cea199c7 ("soc: qcom: llcc: Rename reg_offset structs to reflect LLCC version")
> > > Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # 6.0: c13d7d261e36 ("soc: qcom: llcc: Pass LLCC version based register offsets to EDAC driver")
> > > Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # 6.0
> > 
> > Why is there three Cc: stable here, is this a new format for Fixes:?
> > 
> 
> This is to specify the dependencies to the stable maintainers during backport.

And that format has been documented for well over a decade in:
    https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/stable-kernel-rules.html

This is nothing new :)

thanks,

greg k-h

  reply	other threads:[~2023-04-10 18:32 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-03-14  6:40 [PATCH v6 0/2] Fix crash when using Qcom LLCC/EDAC drivers Manivannan Sadhasivam
2023-03-14  6:40 ` [PATCH v6 1/2] EDAC/qcom: Remove extra error no assignment in qcom_llcc_core_setup() Manivannan Sadhasivam
2023-03-14  6:40 ` [PATCH v6 2/2] EDAC/qcom: Get rid of hardcoded register offsets Manivannan Sadhasivam
2023-03-15 22:22   ` Bjorn Andersson
2023-04-10 15:51     ` Manivannan Sadhasivam
2023-04-10 18:32       ` Greg KH [this message]
2023-05-11 16:12   ` Dmitry Baryshkov

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