stable tree request - [PATCH] platform/x86: thinkpad_acpi: Correct thermal sensor allocation

stable tree request - [PATCH] platform/x86: thinkpad_acpi: Correct thermal sensor allocation

[Mark Pearson]

Hi maintainer,

I'm fairly new to contributing to the kernel and didn't know about the
stable tree procedure so missed setting the CC:stable@vger.kernel.org in
my patch submission; I'm following option 2 on the stable-kernel-rules
guide.

Subject: [PATCH] platform/x86: thinkpad_acpi: Correct thermal sensor
allocation

Upstream Commit ID: 6759e18e5cd8745a5dfc5726e4a3db5281ec1639

Reason: Some EC registers on Thinkpad machines were being incorrectly
used as temperature sensors. One in particular was fooling thermald into
thinking the system was hot when it wasn't, and keeping fans ramped up
unnecessarily.

I've been requested by some distro's to get this fix into the stable
tree to make it easier for them to then pull into their releases.
If it's possible to add this to 5.11 and maybe 5.10 that would be
appreciated.

Please let me know if you need anything or have any questions

Many thanks
Mark Pearson

Re: stable tree request - [PATCH] platform/x86: thinkpad_acpi: Correct thermal sensor allocation

[Greg KH]

On Fri, Apr 30, 2021 at 02:46:18PM -0400, Mark Pearson wrote:
> Hi maintainer,
> 
> I'm fairly new to contributing to the kernel and didn't know about the
> stable tree procedure so missed setting the CC:stable@vger.kernel.org in
> my patch submission; I'm following option 2 on the stable-kernel-rules
> guide.
> 
> Subject: [PATCH] platform/x86: thinkpad_acpi: Correct thermal sensor
> allocation
> 
> Upstream Commit ID: 6759e18e5cd8745a5dfc5726e4a3db5281ec1639
> 
> Reason: Some EC registers on Thinkpad machines were being incorrectly
> used as temperature sensors. One in particular was fooling thermald into
> thinking the system was hot when it wasn't, and keeping fans ramped up
> unnecessarily.
> 
> I've been requested by some distro's to get this fix into the stable
> tree to make it easier for them to then pull into their releases.
> If it's possible to add this to 5.11 and maybe 5.10 that would be
> appreciated.
> 
> Please let me know if you need anything or have any questions

Looks good, now queued up everywhere, thanks.

greg k-h