Re: 2b5d1c29f6c4 ("drm/nouveau/disp: PIOR DP uses GPIO for HPD, not PMGR AUX interrupts")

[Karol Herbst]

On Wed, Aug 9, 2023 at 8:28 PM Karol Herbst <kherbst@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Aug 9, 2023 at 4:04 PM Thorsten Leemhuis
> <regressions@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > On 09.08.23 15:13, Takashi Iwai wrote:
> > >
> > > If this can't be fixed quickly, I suppose it's safer to revert it from
> > > 6.4.y for now.  6.5 is still being cooked, but 6.4.x is already in
> > > wide deployment, hence the regression has to be addressed quickly.
> >
>
> feel free to send reverts to mainline and add my r-by tage to it and I
> can push those changes up. Sadly those patches fixed another
> use-after-free, but it seems like we have to take another shot unless
> somebody does have time to look into it promptly.
>

uhm and the two patches around that one,
752a281032b2d6f4564be827e082bde6f7d2fd4fand
ea293f823a8805735d9e00124df81a8f448ed1ae

> > Good luck with that. To quote
> > https://docs.kernel.org/process/handling-regressions.html :
> >
> > ```
> > Regarding stable and longterm kernels:
> >
> > [...]
> >
> > * Whenever you want to swiftly resolve a regression that recently also
> > made it into a proper mainline, stable, or longterm release, fix it
> > quickly in mainline; when appropriate thus involve Linus to fast-track
> > the fix (see above). That's because the stable team normally does
> > neither revert nor fix any changes that cause the same problems in mainline.
> > ```
> >
> > Note the "normally" in there, so there is a chance.
> >
> > Ciao, Thorsten
> >