From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from smtp04.smtpout.orange.fr ([80.12.242.126]:41127 "EHLO smtp.smtpout.orange.fr" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932698AbdIYVdo (ORCPT ); Mon, 25 Sep 2017 17:33:44 -0400 From: Robert Jarzmik To: stable@vger.kernel.org Cc: Andrea Adami Subject: Issue with pxa_dma driver on linux 4.4.y Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2017 23:33:42 +0200 Message-ID: <87ing6bgzt.fsf@belgarion.home> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Sender: stable-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Dear maintainers, In the tagging of fixing commits, I have submitted this patch which was merged into the stable tree : - 6bab1c6afdca ("dmaengine: pxa_dma: fix the maximum requestor line") which translated into this commit in the stable tree : - 94d75e190f19 ("dmaengine: pxa_dma: fix the maximum requestor line") Unfortunately I have not tagged the dependant patches this one relies on, and more specifically : - build breakage fix : - c283e41ef324 ("dmaengine: mmp-pdma: add number of requestors") - functionality breakage fix : - 72b195cb7162 ("ARM: pxa: add the number of DMA requestor lines") - 4c35430ad18f ("ARM: pxa: fix the number of DMA requestor lines") I see 2 ways out of this situation : - either we revert stable commit 94d75e190f19 => functionnality will remain broken, but only for a subset of DMA lines - or apply the dependant patches, ie. c283e41ef324, 72b195cb7162, 4c35430ad18f It's up to you, but if you could choose one and apply it, the build breakage will be gone. I must mention that there is no defconfig file so far with covers this specific build, and this was seen by Andrea who reported the issue. Cheers. -- Robert PS: Andrea, please correct me if I misunderstood something.