Re: [PATCH v2 2/7] serial: amba-pl011: get rid of useless wrapper pl011_get_rs485_mode()

[Greg KH]

On Wed, Oct 11, 2023 at 07:38:24PM +0200, Lino Sanfilippo wrote:
> Due to earlier code changes function pl011_get_rs485_mode() is now merely
> a wrapper for uart_get_rs485_mode() which does not add any further
> functionality. So remove it and instead call uart_get_rs485_mode()
> directly.
> 
> Reviewed-by: Lukas Wunner <lukas@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Lino Sanfilippo <l.sanfilippo@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/tty/serial/amba-pl011.c | 14 +-------------
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 13 deletions(-)

Why is patch 2/7 not cc: stable, when patches 3-7 are?  Either this
patch isn't needed in this series, and can go later (or to a different
branch), or it also needs to be marked for stable as the later patches
depend on it?

thanks,

greg k-h