Re: [PATCH] soundwire: stream: Revert "soundwire: stream: fix programming slave ports for non-continous port maps"

[Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

On Mon, Sep 09, 2024 at 06:08:14PM +0200, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> On 09/09/2024 17:45, Pierre-Louis Bossart wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > On 9/9/24 16:36, Charles Keepax wrote:
> >> On Wed, Sep 04, 2024 at 04:52:28PM +0200, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> >>> This reverts commit ab8d66d132bc8f1992d3eb6cab8d32dda6733c84 because it
> >>> breaks codecs using non-continuous masks in source and sink ports.  The
> >>> commit missed the point that port numbers are not used as indices for
> >>> iterating over prop.sink_ports or prop.source_ports.
> >>>
> >>> Soundwire core and existing codecs expect that the array passed as
> >>> prop.sink_ports and prop.source_ports is continuous.  The port mask still
> >>> might be non-continuous, but that's unrelated.
> >>>
> >>> Reported-by: Bard Liao <yung-chuan.liao@linux.intel.com>
> >>> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/b6c75eee-761d-44c8-8413-2a5b34ee2f98@linux.intel.com/
> >>> Fixes: ab8d66d132bc ("soundwire: stream: fix programming slave ports for non-continous port maps")
> >>> Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@linaro.org>
> >>>
> >>> ---
> >>
> >> Would be good to merge this as soon as we can, this is causing
> >> soundwire regressions from rc6 onwards.
> > 
> > the revert also needs to happen in -stable. 6.10.8 is broken as well.
> 
> It will happen. You do not need to Cc-stable (and it will not help, will
> not be picked), because this is marked as fix for existing commit.

No, "Fixes:" tags only do not guarantee anything going to stable, you
have to explicitly tag it Cc: stable to do so, as per the documentation.

Yes, we often pick up "Fixes:" only tags, when we have the time, but
again, never guaranteed at all.

thanks,

greg k-h