Re: [PATCH 5.8+ regression fix 0/1] i2c: core: Restore acpi_walk_dep_device_list() getting called after registering the ACPI i2c devs

Sasha Levin
2020-10-15T15:18:00Z

On Wed, Oct 14, 2020 at 04:41:57PM +0200, Hans de Goede wrote:
>Wolfram, can we get this queued up to go to Linus
>soonish ?
>
>Greg, in essence this is a partial revert of the trouble
>some commit. With the 2 combined acpi_walk_dep_device_list()
>is called last again, while still doing the
>acpi_install_address_space_handler() call earlier.
>
>Since this is a somewhat nasty regression and since the poor
>timing wrt the merge-window, I was hoping that you would be
>willing to make an exception and pick up this fix before
>it hits Linus' tree?

I don't think the merge window plays any role here: this fix can go into
Linus's tree immediately and once it's there we can pick it up for
-stable right away.

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Thanks,
Sasha