Re: [PATCH] mtd: spi-nor: include mtd.h header for struct mtd_info definition

[RafaÅ MiÅecki]

On 27 November 2015 at 23:33, Brian Norris <computersforpeace@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 27, 2015 at 10:25:55AM +0100, RafaÅ MiÅecki wrote:
>> On 26 November 2015 at 09:05, RafaÅ MiÅecki <zajec5@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> > Fixes: 1976367173a4 ("mtd: spi-nor: embed struct mtd_info within struct spi_nor")
>
> I'm not 100% sure, but I thought I recall the -stable folks picking up
> for-linus commits just based on the 'Fixes:' tags. I feel like that
> isn't always ideal, though.

I'm confused. Do you mean I shouldn't include it?
Do you have a reference to more detailed Fixes usage? All I found is
info in Documentation/SubmittingPatches:
> If your patch fixes a bug in a specific commit, e.g. you found an issue using
> git-bisect, please use the 'Fixes:' tag
I think 'Fixes' usage is OK in this case.


>> > Signed-off-by: RafaÅ MiÅecki <zajec5@xxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> This may be worth taking as a fix for 4.4. However I'm not aware of
>> any upstream driver failing to build because of this.
>
> I don't see why it would need rushed out. All users of spi-nor.h
> currently include mtd.h first. So there are no build failures because of
> it.

OK. It was just an OpenWrt out-of-tree driver that failed to compile.

-- 
RafaÅ
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