From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D7B25C28CF5 for ; Wed, 26 Jan 2022 13:56:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S235410AbiAZN4J (ORCPT ); Wed, 26 Jan 2022 08:56:09 -0500 Received: from relay12.mail.gandi.net ([217.70.178.232]:52515 "EHLO relay12.mail.gandi.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S235073AbiAZN4I (ORCPT ); Wed, 26 Jan 2022 08:56:08 -0500 Received: (Authenticated sender: alexandre.belloni@bootlin.com) by relay12.mail.gandi.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id A6DFF200005; Wed, 26 Jan 2022 13:56:04 +0000 (UTC) Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2022 14:56:04 +0100 From: Alexandre Belloni To: Mateusz =?utf-8?Q?Jo=C5=84czyk?= Cc: Greg KH , a.zummo@towertech.it, tglx@linutronix.de, stable@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: FAILED: patch "[PATCH] rtc: mc146818-lib: fix RTC presence check" failed to apply to 5.16-stable tree Message-ID: References: <164302970310788@kroah.com> <23a5748e-55ca-69af-c9ff-d68a413a331d@o2.pl> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <23a5748e-55ca-69af-c9ff-d68a413a331d@o2.pl> Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: stable@vger.kernel.org On 24/01/2022 17:27:16+0100, Mateusz Jończyk wrote: > W dniu 24.01.2022 o 15:52, Greg KH pisze: > > On Mon, Jan 24, 2022 at 03:45:30PM +0100, Mateusz Jończyk wrote: > >> W dniu 24.01.2022 o 14:08, gregkh@linuxfoundation.org pisze: > >>> The patch below does not apply to the 5.16-stable tree. > >>> If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm > >>> tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit > >>> id to . > >>> > >>> thanks, > >>> > >>> greg k-h > >> Wait, this patch was not intended for submission into stable yet, at least not in this form. > >> Why did it end up in the stable queue? > > Because it was marked with a "Fixes:" tag and I reviewed it and it > > looked like it actually fixed an issue. > > > > Is this not the case? > > Yes, that's correct. But I'm afraid that this patch will cause regressions on some systems. > (Mr Alexandre Belloni said something similar of my series). So I'd like to wait till at least Linux 5.17 (final) is > released to see if it causes any trouble. > Well, it will be in 5.17, any regression it causes will have to be fixed and we can then backport the fix. -- Alexandre Belloni, co-owner and COO, Bootlin Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering https://bootlin.com