Re: [PATCH v3] i2c: bpmp-tegra: Ignore unknown I2C_M flags

Mikko Perttunen
2021-01-18T11:25:04Z

On 1/17/21 1:20 PM, Wolfram Sang wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 12, 2021 at 12:22:25PM +0200, Mikko Perttunen wrote:
>> In order to not to start returning errors when new I2C_M flags are
>> added, change behavior to just ignore all flags that we don't know
>> about. This includes the I2C_M_DMA_SAFE flag that already exists.
>>
>> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v4.19+
>> Signed-off-by: Mikko Perttunen <mperttunen@nvidia.com>
>
> Applied to for-current, thanks! I added also this sentence from v2 to
> the description to justify stable: "but causes -EINVAL to be returned
> for valid transactions."

Thanks!

>
> Also, this driver has no dedicated maintainer. Is there someone up for
> this task? There is probably little to do and it will speed up patch
> acceptance because I pick patches once the driver maintainer is happy.
>

I think it falls under the 'TEGRA ARCHITECTURE SUPPORT' wildcard
(Thierry and Jon). Do we need a more specific maintainer entry?

If it's helpful to Thierry and Jon, I guess I could pick it up.

Mikko