Re: FAILED: patch "[PATCH] iio: vcnl4000: Fix i2c swapped word reading." failed to apply to 4.14-stable tree

[Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>]

On Mon, Jun 08, 2020 at 02:24:16PM +0200, gregkh@linuxfoundation.org wrote:
>
>The patch below does not apply to the 4.14-stable tree.
>If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm
>tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit
>id to <stable@vger.kernel.org>.
>
>thanks,
>
>greg k-h
>
>------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------
>
>From 18dfb5326370991c81a6d1ed6d1aeee055cb8c05 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
>From: Mathieu Othacehe <m.othacehe@gmail.com>
>Date: Sun, 3 May 2020 11:29:55 +0200
>Subject: [PATCH] iio: vcnl4000: Fix i2c swapped word reading.
>
>The bytes returned by the i2c reading need to be swapped
>unconditionally. Otherwise, on be16 platforms, an incorrect value will be
>returned.
>
>Taking the slow path via next merge window as its been around a while
>and we have a patch set dependent on this which would be held up.
>
>Fixes: 62a1efb9f868 ("iio: add vcnl4000 combined ALS and proximity sensor")
>Signed-off-by: Mathieu Othacehe <m.othacehe@gmail.com>
>Cc: <Stable@vger.kernel.org>
>Signed-off-by: Jonathan Cameron <Jonathan.Cameron@huawei.com>

There were some context conflicts due to renaming of the lock (and it
not existing on 4.4). I've fixed it and queued for 4.14-4.4.

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Thanks,
Sasha