From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Linus Walleij Subject: Re: [PATCH] gpio: generic: clamp values from bgpio_get_set() Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2015 09:37:53 +0100 Message-ID: References: <1449869778-6974-1-git-send-email-linus.walleij@linaro.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Return-path: Received: from mail-oi0-f54.google.com ([209.85.218.54]:34690 "EHLO mail-oi0-f54.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S933142AbbLOIhy (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 Dec 2015 03:37:54 -0500 Received: by mail-oi0-f54.google.com with SMTP id o124so945112oia.1 for ; Tue, 15 Dec 2015 00:37:54 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-gpio-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-gpio@vger.kernel.org To: Fabio Estevam , Greg KH , linux-stable@vger.kernel.org Cc: "linux-gpio@vger.kernel.org" , Alexandre Courbot , Sascha Hauer , Vladimir Zapolskiy On Fri, Dec 11, 2015 at 11:23 PM, Fabio Estevam wrote: > On Fri, Dec 11, 2015 at 8:10 PM, Linus Walleij wrote: > >>>> Fixes: b19e7f51a55f "gpio: gpio-generic: add flag to read out output value from reg_set" >>> >>> This commit appeared in 4.2, so it would be nice to add a stable tag: >>> >>> Cc: # 4.2+ >> >> IIUC Fixes: has exactly this effect: it will be applied to any kernel where >> that commit is present. The beauty of git commit hashes. > > Not sure if this has the same effect as it is not mentioned at > Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt I have surely noticed it having that effect in practice, maybe it is time to send a patch to that document. Yours, Linus Walleij