Re: [PATCH v2 4/8] PCI: Change the parent to correctly represent pcie hierarchy

[Bartosz Golaszewski]

On Fri, 23 Aug 2024 at 10:30, Manivannan Sadhasivam
<manivannan.sadhasivam@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > > >
> > > > Right now the commit log doesn't tell me enough to justify a
> > > > post-merge window change.
> > >
> > > Please, apply this patch independently. FYI I have a WiP branch[1]
> > > with a v3 of the fixes series rebased on top of this one. Manivannan
> > > and I are working on fixing one last remaining issue and I'll resend
> > > it. This should go into v6.11.
> >
> > OK.  I just need to be able to justify *why* we need it in v6.11, so I
> > can apply it as soon as somebody supplies that kind of text for the
> > commit log.  I.e., what is broken without this change?  What bad
> > things happen if we defer it to v6.12?
> >
>
> I'm not sure if this is a 6.11 material as this patch is not fixing any crash or
> potential breakage in 6.11. This patch changes the hierarchy in such a way that
> the suspend/resume could work fine once added in the pwrctl drivers.
>
> At the same time, I'd like to get it merged separately for 6.12 instead of
> bundling it in this same series.
>

Ok, I'll find a way to rework my patches so that this one's not needed.

Bart