Re: [PATCH char-misc v2] mei: lb: fix incorrect type in assignment

From: Andy Shevchenko

Date: Tue Jul 07 2026 - 03:25:27 EST


On Tue, Jul 07, 2026 at 06:43:20AM +0000, Usyskin, Alexander wrote:
> > On Mon, Jul 06, 2026 at 04:01:30PM +0300, Alexander Usyskin wrote:

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> > > Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >
> > Why cc: stable? It doesn't actually cause any functional change to the
> > code at all, right? This isn't running on s390, or am I mistaken?
>
> This driver is for discrete graphics card, so it may run on non-x86 system, thus all conversions.
>
> I've been told that if there is Fixes: for commit that already in stable, I should cc: stable.
> If it is not hard rule, I'll drop cc: from the next patch revision.

Cc'ing stable@ is a rule which is documented in-tree. Many developers just omit
it for unknown reasons.

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko