Re: Patch "hwmon: (pmbus) Use dev_err_probe() to filter -EPROBE_DEFER error messages" has been added to the 5.10-stable tree

[Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>]

On Thu, Sep 15, 2022 at 08:48:05PM +0200, Marion & Christophe JAILLET wrote:
> 
> Le 15/09/2022 à 14:45, Sasha Levin a écrit :
> > This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
> > 
> >      hwmon: (pmbus) Use dev_err_probe() to filter -EPROBE_DEFER error messages
> > 
> > to the 5.10-stable tree which can be found at:
> >      http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
> > 
> > The filename of the patch is:
> >       hwmon-pmbus-use-dev_err_probe-to-filter-eprobe_defer.patch
> > and it can be found in the queue-5.10 subdirectory.
> > 
> > If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
> > please let <stable@vger.kernel.org> know about it.
> > 
> Hi,
> 
> I'm not sure that this one makes a real sense for backport.
> 
> It can't hurt, but it does not fix a real issue, it just voids a potential
> spurious message.
> 
> In my original mail, there is no "stable@" or "fix" or "bug" keywords or
> "Fixes:" tag.
> There is also apparently no patch in this backport serie that relies on this
> patch.
> 
> Why has it been selected?
> 
That is essentially how AUTOSEL works. It picks patches based on keywords.
I am sure Sasha can provide details.

Guenter