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 07:44:51PM +0200, Lino Sanfilippo wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> On 11.10.23 at 19:42, Greg KH wrote:
> > 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?
> >
> 
> 2/7 is really only a cleanup patch that does not provide a bugfix.
> Should I remove it from this series?

Please do, and send it later, or as part of a separate patch series
independant of this one.

thanks,

greg k-h