Re: [PATCH] Bluetooth: btusb: Add support for TP-Link UB500 Adapter

[Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

On Tue, Nov 16, 2021 at 08:58:15PM +0100, Marek Vasut wrote:
> On 11/16/21 7:35 PM, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > On Tue, Nov 16, 2021 at 06:41:08PM +0100, Szabolcs Sipos wrote:
> > > On 10/11/21 09:44, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > > > On Sun, Oct 10, 2021 at 10:59:06PM +0200, Marek Vasut wrote:
> > > > > Hello everyone,
> > > > > 
> > > > > The following new device USB ID has landed in linux-next recently:
> > > > > 
> > > > > 4fd6d4907961 ("Bluetooth: btusb: Add support for TP-Link UB500 Adapter")
> > > > > 
> > > > > It would be nice if it could be backported to stable. I verified it works on
> > > > > 5.14.y as a simple cherry-pick .
> > > > 
> > > > A patch needs to be in Linus's tree before we can add it to the stable
> > > > releases.  Please let us know when it gets there and we will be glad to
> > > > pick it up.
> > > > 
> > > > thanks,
> > > > 
> > > > greg k-h
> > > 
> > > Hello Greg,
> > > 
> > > The patch has reached Linus's tree:
> > > 4fd6d4907961 ("Bluetooth: btusb: Add support for TP-Link UB500 Adapter")
> > > 
> > > Could you please add it to stable (5.15.y)?
> > 
> > I will queue it up for the next set of kernels after the current ones are
> > released.
> 
> btw while you're bringing it up, is there some sure-fire method I can use to
> verify the patch is in Linus tree, besides having a separate checkout of
> that tree ?

Without the tree/branch checked out?  Not that I know of, sorry.

> I usually have both Linus tree as origin and next in one git tree, so I was
> wondering if there is a recommended way to avoid mistakes like the one I
> made above (and checking at git.kernel.org apparently also has its
> downsides).

Having both in one git tree is fine.  Just switch between branches (one
that tracks Linus's and one that tracks linux-next) and you can see what
is happening in each of them.

There's other "tricks" to see if patches have been added to branches by
adding them to a branch and then rebasing and seeing the end result, but
those get tricky to try to explain in simple emails...

greg k-h