Re: [PATCH v2] auxdisplay: hd44780: Fix an API misuse in hd44780.c

[Andy Shevchenko]

On Mon, Feb 24, 2025 at 02:33:49PM +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> On Mon, 24 Feb 2025 at 13:35, Andy Shevchenko <andy@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Mon, Feb 24, 2025 at 06:15:27PM +0800, Haoxiang Li wrote:
> > > Variable allocated by charlcd_alloc() should be released
> > > by charlcd_free(). The following patch changed kfree() to
> > > charlcd_free() to fix an API misuse.
> >
> > > Fixes: 718e05ed92ec ("auxdisplay: Introduce hd44780_common.[ch]")
> > > Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >
> > Okay, looking closer to the current state of affairs, the change
> > does not fix anything actually. OTOH it's correct semantically and
> > allows to do any further development in charlcd_alloc(), if any.
> >
> > That said, if Geert is okay with it, I would like to apply but without
> > Fixes/Cc: stable@ tags.
> 
> I had mixed feelings about the Fixes-tag, too.
> Semantically, it's indeed a fix.  If any further cleanups are ever done
> and backported, but this patch would be  missed, it would introduce a bug.

Okay, I return it.

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko