From: Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@bootlin.com>
To: "Mateusz Jończyk" <mat.jonczyk@o2.pl>
Cc: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
a.zummo@towertech.it, tglx@linutronix.de, stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: FAILED: patch "[PATCH] rtc: mc146818-lib: fix RTC presence check" failed to apply to 5.16-stable tree
Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2022 14:56:04 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <YfFS9PFhQYssAAMj@piout.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <23a5748e-55ca-69af-c9ff-d68a413a331d@o2.pl>
On 24/01/2022 17:27:16+0100, Mateusz Jończyk wrote:
> W dniu 24.01.2022 o 15:52, Greg KH pisze:
> > On Mon, Jan 24, 2022 at 03:45:30PM +0100, Mateusz Jończyk wrote:
> >> W dniu 24.01.2022 o 14:08, gregkh@linuxfoundation.org pisze:
> >>> The patch below does not apply to the 5.16-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
> >> Wait, this patch was not intended for submission into stable yet, at least not in this form.
> >> Why did it end up in the stable queue?
> > Because it was marked with a "Fixes:" tag and I reviewed it and it
> > looked like it actually fixed an issue.
> >
> > Is this not the case?
>
> Yes, that's correct. But I'm afraid that this patch will cause regressions on some systems.
> (Mr Alexandre Belloni said something similar of my series). So I'd like to wait till at least Linux 5.17 (final) is
> released to see if it causes any trouble.
>
Well, it will be in 5.17, any regression it causes will have to be
fixed and we can then backport the fix.
--
Alexandre Belloni, co-owner and COO, Bootlin
Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering
https://bootlin.com
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Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-01-24 13:08 FAILED: patch "[PATCH] rtc: mc146818-lib: fix RTC presence check" failed to apply to 5.16-stable tree gregkh
2022-01-24 14:45 ` Mateusz Jończyk
2022-01-24 14:52 ` Greg KH
2022-01-24 16:27 ` Mateusz Jończyk
2022-01-26 13:56 ` Alexandre Belloni [this message]
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