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 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=3.0 tests=DKIMWL_WL_HIGH,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS, USER_AGENT_SANE_1 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3C72DC47404 for ; Fri, 4 Oct 2019 13:47:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0A09A21D81 for ; Fri, 4 Oct 2019 13:47:35 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=default; t=1570196855; bh=wVlonrP/JbwtKS/oWoDn/qqfNjewswSIuSebV205v1Q=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:List-ID:From; b=C9V+CK2226naGpsZ1R0XvLNz4QShBy5N30uxbOMKBIbpwR8euf3AvEmmD4GY4WQ3C rtQ6iHILB041lCaBELs8PaCI0nQnlAAX2e+fxzar02+aLAMtqmAAE9r3MvVqdyRXmv RNjQh/RdfGrR77Ft1zwS697ytOE5ri4XcnK60VOs= Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S2388861AbfJDNre (ORCPT ); Fri, 4 Oct 2019 09:47:34 -0400 Received: from mail.kernel.org ([198.145.29.99]:51822 "EHLO mail.kernel.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S2388438AbfJDNre (ORCPT ); Fri, 4 Oct 2019 09:47:34 -0400 Received: from localhost (c-73-47-72-35.hsd1.nh.comcast.net [73.47.72.35]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 744DD20700; Fri, 4 Oct 2019 13:47:33 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=default; t=1570196853; bh=wVlonrP/JbwtKS/oWoDn/qqfNjewswSIuSebV205v1Q=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=LeIfYo+wgThfjYSZyRICJlknNQ79leOAX+LOXPxa8Blx1MxYaD+iTZ4n2ghzx6vsO nZFQw0lRDh17h5aVdhrllE0ZXXg7+CrBAsyBcLxIECjSVbMQpFxYPzEPpc1ENhR2u8 JvnU6vntVJXblTljjs6Zk6jdx0gg0WQDZ5uxDHNo= Date: Fri, 4 Oct 2019 09:47:32 -0400 From: Sasha Levin To: Pavel Machek Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@vger.kernel.org, A Sun , Sean Young , Mauro Carvalho Chehab Subject: Re: [PATCH 4.19 090/211] media: mceusb: fix (eliminate) TX IR signal length limit Message-ID: <20191004134732.GG17454@sasha-vm> References: <20191003154447.010950442@linuxfoundation.org> <20191003154507.534538747@linuxfoundation.org> <20191004101215.GB24970@amd> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20191004101215.GB24970@amd> User-Agent: Mutt/1.10.1 (2018-07-13) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Oct 04, 2019 at 12:12:15PM +0200, Pavel Machek wrote: >On Thu 2019-10-03 17:52:36, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: >> From: A Sun > >> Other changes: >> >> The driver's write to USB device architecture change (async to sync I/O) >> is significant so we bump DRIVER_VERSION to "1.95" (from "1.94"). > >> --- >> drivers/media/rc/mceusb.c | 334 ++++++++++++++++++++++---------------- >> 1 file changed, 196 insertions(+), 138 deletions(-) > >This is not a bugfix, this is rewrite that happens to remove a >limitation, and it is way over the 100 line limit. What is going on >here? Why is it even considered for stable? It's on the bigger side, sure, but it's contained inside a driver and seems to fix an actual issue. -- Thanks, Sasha