From: Andy Shevchenko <andy@kernel.org>
To: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
Cc: Haoxiang Li <haoxiang_li2024@163.com>,
u.kleine-koenig@pengutronix.de, erick.archer@outlook.com,
ojeda@kernel.org, w@1wt.eu, poeschel@lemonage.de,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] auxdisplay: hd44780: Fix an API misuse in hd44780.c
Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2025 15:38:24 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <Z7x2UFoTsLR0umvH@smile.fi.intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAMuHMdVYxruwpA92FykyEAwoSBxfb0Z1AmnyqLziGTpMC3d_gg@mail.gmail.com>
On Mon, Feb 24, 2025 at 02:33:49PM +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> On Mon, 24 Feb 2025 at 13:35, Andy Shevchenko <andy@kernel.org> wrote:
> > On Mon, Feb 24, 2025 at 06:15:27PM +0800, Haoxiang Li wrote:
> > > Variable allocated by charlcd_alloc() should be released
> > > by charlcd_free(). The following patch changed kfree() to
> > > charlcd_free() to fix an API misuse.
> >
> > > Fixes: 718e05ed92ec ("auxdisplay: Introduce hd44780_common.[ch]")
> > > Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> >
> > Okay, looking closer to the current state of affairs, the change
> > does not fix anything actually. OTOH it's correct semantically and
> > allows to do any further development in charlcd_alloc(), if any.
> >
> > That said, if Geert is okay with it, I would like to apply but without
> > Fixes/Cc: stable@ tags.
>
> I had mixed feelings about the Fixes-tag, too.
> Semantically, it's indeed a fix. If any further cleanups are ever done
> and backported, but this patch would be missed, it would introduce a bug.
Okay, I return it.
--
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko
prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-02-24 13:38 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-02-24 10:15 [PATCH v2] auxdisplay: hd44780: Fix an API misuse in hd44780.c Haoxiang Li
2025-02-24 10:36 ` Andy Shevchenko
2025-02-24 10:39 ` Andy Shevchenko
2025-02-24 12:30 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2025-02-24 12:36 ` Andy Shevchenko
2025-02-24 12:35 ` Andy Shevchenko
2025-02-24 13:33 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2025-02-24 13:38 ` Andy Shevchenko [this message]
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