Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL for 4.14 065/110] led: core: Fix brightness setting when setting delay_off=0

[Sasha Levin]

On Sun, Feb 04, 2018 at 06:17:36PM +0100, Pavel Machek wrote:
>
>> > > >> *** if brightness=0, led off
>> > > >> *** else apply brightness if next timer <--- timer is stop, and will never apply new setting
>> > > >> ** otherwise set led_set_brightness_nosleep
>> > > >>
>> > > >> To fix that, when we delete the timer, we should clear LED_BLINK_SW.
>> > > >
>> > > >Can you run the tests on the affected stable kernels? I have feeling
>> > > >that the problem described might not be present there.
>> > >
>> > > Hm, I don't seem to have HW to test that out. Maybe someone else does?
>> >
>> > Why are you submitting patches you have no way to test?
>>
>> What?  This is stable tree backporting, why are you trying to make a
>> requirement for something that we have never had before?
>
>I don't think random patches should be sent to stable just because
>they appeared in mainline. Plus, I don't think I'm making new rules:
>
>submit-checklist.rst:
>
>13) Has been build- and runtime tested with and without ``CONFIG_SMP``
>and
>    ``CONFIG_PREEMPT.``
>
>stable-kernel-rules.rst:
>
>Rules on what kind of patches are accepted, and which ones are not,
>into the "-stable" tree:
>
> - It must be obviously correct and tested.
> - It must fix a real bug that bothers people (not a, "This could be a
>   problem..." type thing).

So you're saying that this doesn't qualify as a bug?

>> This is a backport of a patch that is already upstream.  If it doesn't
>> belong in a stable tree, great, let us know that, saying why it is so.
>
>See jacek.anaszewski@xxxxxxxxx 's explanation.

I might be missing something, but Jacek suggested I pull another patch
before this one?

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Thanks,
Sasha