Re: [PATCH 0/4] slimbus: patches (set 1) for 5.15

[Srinivas Kandagatla]

On 07/08/2021 14:01, Greg KH wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 07, 2021 at 11:48:48AM +0100, Srinivas Kandagatla wrote:
> > On 06/08/2021 14:20, Greg KH wrote:
> > > On Fri, Aug 06, 2021 at 10:16:35AM +0100, Srinivas Kandagatla wrote:
> > > > Hi Greg,
> > > >
> > > > Recently runtime pm testing on slimbus reveled that its
> > > > totally broken on SlimBus ngd drivers.
> > > >
> > > > Below are the fixes to get it back working.
> > > >
> > > > - One of the reason begin incorrect device pointer used for
> > > > runtime pm and in some places
> > > >
> > > > - Second one was to do with unable to validate transaction id
> > > >    which resulted in negative runtime pm count.
> > > >
> > > > - Other fix was to do with resetting dma addresses once ngd
> > > > controller is power-cycled.
> > > >
> > > > With all these fixed runtime pm is now fully functional on NGD
> > > > controllers.
> > > >
> > > > Currently I marked them all with Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > as these all patches are required to fix runtime pm on SlimBus
> > > > NGD controller.
> > > >
> > > > Can you please queue them up for 5.15.
> > >
> > > Why do you want these for 5.15-rc1 when you need them to fix problems in
> > > 5.14?  Shouldn't they go into 5.14-final?
> >
> > Yes, these should go to other stable trees aswell.
> > I assumed that Fixes tag will automatically backport those patches.
>
> Yes, but that can not happen until they hit Linus's tree, which would
> not be until 5.15-rc1.  Do you want to delay until that long from now?
>
> How about splitting this into 2 patch series, one that you want to see
> get into 5.14-final, and one for 5.15-rc1.

All the patches in these series are fixes so the can go to 5.14-final.

--srini
> thanks,
>
> greg k-h