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=-5.8 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS 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 1B76CC48BCD for ; Wed, 9 Jun 2021 06:22:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0236B61108 for ; Wed, 9 Jun 2021 06:22:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S236780AbhFIGY1 (ORCPT ); Wed, 9 Jun 2021 02:24:27 -0400 Received: from wnew2-smtp.messagingengine.com ([64.147.123.27]:59699 "EHLO wnew2-smtp.messagingengine.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S231503AbhFIGY0 (ORCPT ); Wed, 9 Jun 2021 02:24:26 -0400 Received: from compute3.internal (compute3.nyi.internal [10.202.2.43]) by mailnew.west.internal (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8F07D23F1; Wed, 9 Jun 2021 02:22:31 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mailfrontend1 ([10.202.2.162]) by compute3.internal (MEProxy); Wed, 09 Jun 2021 02:22:32 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=kroah.com; h= date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:references:mime-version :content-type:in-reply-to; s=fm1; bh=VzIpShIJ81NOtKGbsMynymINOsO 4efkrr8lJ3dk3FnU=; b=Fbi14MWF94I86eQgClspdOz1uCkG1dcNvIrlprR6VMq t7d9CqYuBCPsgtc0vwiut1ZI6yFTRTyE7sGk3OcB7m5tqmHF+5f2XB2Mvmr0nmC+ fjWV4pR4XhDnvTul8fUq5g7Vx7E+QvzsgNfpm4W9FGlSl8v8ypn23WyKGNihH6vH 5PHm9aSw5iDORtOcYbjFJyyFlt9Esz3c6n+KEU0j90IZEt+dWN4Woshg+EG9da5B r+oCduWl4Hvn8YKbNb+NonXpVTbRY7I57GGllJ2iYKcBRaFj7Z9tSc1KIqqyl6i1 t6f9dUKQeg0nMBnH4UwxRdC0VizsjMTpSRg/5jUF3CQ== DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d= messagingengine.com; h=cc:content-type:date:from:in-reply-to :message-id:mime-version:references:subject:to:x-me-proxy :x-me-proxy:x-me-sender:x-me-sender:x-sasl-enc; s=fm3; bh=VzIpSh IJ81NOtKGbsMynymINOsO4efkrr8lJ3dk3FnU=; b=WWYkMfWKrIQBb8ib5FpzKw HYTzBAznu061oi9zcT7JGEKs4Epfb6xrUef9iRB7TX0zZ4LJXS0EcAUEXaKZi5r6 bgRwDvqvqS7tW5vf7Pe0M6oKw8koeGeQoxjaLBKpSXoqHOLB1CjHcm0rfrftgPvO nIFNUvCRSWoO6aCxzZIWsyppAy2xgrjlsV5vP3m0lp7TYNGkS0CdGRLXAz1IEkeW vhSD8fISa+T/QDTFjaCY2/cc64+Ra94QTzz76s61Gq8dKQqJkfLKxU4mzJNT0urp FHAfzVJ3x/t5KFJ5z2Hx5MFXZT2qR9hlhMG4eMW0XT1FUZFznXnvsTLAIs0yyqRw == X-ME-Sender: X-ME-Received: X-ME-Proxy-Cause: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgeduledrfedutddgleekucetufdoteggodetrfdotf fvucfrrhhofhhilhgvmecuhfgrshhtofgrihhlpdfqfgfvpdfurfetoffkrfgpnffqhgen uceurghilhhouhhtmecufedttdenucesvcftvggtihhpihgvnhhtshculddquddttddmne cujfgurhepfffhvffukfhfgggtuggjsehttdertddttddvnecuhfhrohhmpefirhgvghcu mffjuceoghhrvghgsehkrhhorghhrdgtohhmqeenucggtffrrghtthgvrhhnpeevueehje fgfffgiedvudekvdektdelleelgefhleejieeugeegveeuuddukedvteenucevlhhushht vghrufhiiigvpedtnecurfgrrhgrmhepmhgrihhlfhhrohhmpehgrhgvgheskhhrohgrhh drtghomh X-ME-Proxy: Received: by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA; Wed, 9 Jun 2021 02:22:29 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 9 Jun 2021 08:22:27 +0200 From: Greg KH To: Tony Lindgren Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-omap@vger.kernel.org, Daniel Lezcano , Keerthy , Tero Kristo Subject: Re: [Backport for linux-5.4.y PATCH 2/4] ARM: OMAP2+: Prepare timer code to backport dra7 timer wrap errata i940 Message-ID: References: <20210602104625.6079-1-tony@atomide.com> <20210602104625.6079-2-tony@atomide.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Jun 09, 2021 at 09:13:53AM +0300, Tony Lindgren wrote: > Hi, > > * Greg KH [210608 17:13]: > > On Wed, Jun 02, 2021 at 01:46:23PM +0300, Tony Lindgren wrote: > > > Prepare linux-5.4.y to backport upstream timer wrap errata commit > > > 3efe7a878a11c13b5297057bfc1e5639ce1241ce and commit > > > 25de4ce5ed02994aea8bc111d133308f6fd62566. Earlier kernels still use > > > mach-omap2/timer instead of drivers/clocksource as these kernels still > > > depend on legacy platform code for timers. Note that earlier stable > > > kernels need also additional patches and will be posted separately. > > > > I do not understand this paragraph. > > > > What upstream commit is this? And "posted separately" shouldn't show up > > in a changelog text, right? > > This would be a partial backport to add struct dmtimer_clockevent from > commit 52762fbd1c4778ac9b173624ca0faacd22ef4724 to the platform timer > code used in the older kernels. > > How about the following for the description: > > Upstream commit 52762fbd1c4778ac9b173624ca0faacd22ef4724 usage of > struct dmtimer_clockevent backported to the platform timer code > still used in linux-5.4.y stable kernel. Needed to backport upstream > commit 3efe7a878a11c13b5297057bfc1e5639ce1241ce and commit > 25de4ce5ed02994aea8bc111d133308f6fd62566. Earlier kernels use > mach-omap2/timer instead of drivers/clocksource as these kernels still > depend on legacy platform code for booting. Why are you combining 2 commits into one here? I do not understand what this commit really is at all still, sorry. How about just providing backports for the individual commits, do not combine them as that just is a mess. > > Can you fix this up to make this obvious what is happening here and make > > a patch series that I can take without editing changelog text? > > Sure I'll repost the series, assuming the above is OK for description :) > Please let me know if you need further details added. > > Hmm so what's the correct way to prevent automatically applying these > into the earlier stable kernels? What would cause them to be automatically applied? You need to let us know what kernel(s) they should go to. thanks, greg k-h