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=-6.5 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIMWL_WL_HIGH, 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 AB9F9C433B4 for ; Mon, 10 May 2021 07:43:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 695496143C for ; Mon, 10 May 2021 07:43:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S230111AbhEJHpA (ORCPT ); Mon, 10 May 2021 03:45:00 -0400 Received: from mail.kernel.org ([198.145.29.99]:51716 "EHLO mail.kernel.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S229852AbhEJHpA (ORCPT ); Mon, 10 May 2021 03:45:00 -0400 Received: by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 72FEB61432; Mon, 10 May 2021 07:43:54 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=linuxfoundation.org; s=korg; t=1620632635; bh=YceyRvX1NNA1NSeo7fUGpx6VBE/Ls+2Bt+2HbYnKf20=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=bJFIaEz1MiWXCTWqZGUuZSncMfFFxSU926DEulZPSQyuS5RikCVA84oqlr3i4/9F8 ohv6r3+xWA6kEHswpHwzN04Nv0hMsq7DK8Iy95nwtqJgE2nQQZ6PsDthEqoKXoHo0T ZPJH2pA4NF/V/JQSd9kRIi5RgTrGjmR04QCssQh0= Date: Mon, 10 May 2021 09:43:52 +0200 From: Greg Kroah-Hartman To: Florian Fainelli Cc: Ard Biesheuvel , "# 3.4.x" , Jonathan Corbet , Russell King , Nicolas Pitre , Linus Walleij , Mike Rapoport , Andrew Morton , Nick Desaulniers , Joe Perches , Max Filippov , Tian Tao , "open list:DOCUMENTATION" , open list , "moderated list:ARM PORT" , Sasha Levin Subject: Re: [PATCH stable 5.10 0/3] ARM FDT relocation backports Message-ID: References: <20210509173029.1653182-1-f.fainelli@gmail.com> <5f8fed97-8c73-73b0-6576-bf3fbcdb1440@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <5f8fed97-8c73-73b0-6576-bf3fbcdb1440@gmail.com> Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: stable@vger.kernel.org On Sun, May 09, 2021 at 06:22:05PM -0700, Florian Fainelli wrote: > > > On 5/9/2021 12:17 PM, Ard Biesheuvel wrote: > > On Sun, 9 May 2021 at 19:30, Florian Fainelli wrote: > >> > >> Hi Greg, Sasha, > >> > >> These patches were not marked with a Fixes: tag but they do fix booting > >> ARM 32-bit platforms that have specific FDT placement and would cause > >> boot failures like these: > >> > > > > I don't have any objections to backporting these changes, but it would > > be helpful if you could explain why this is a regression. Also, you'll > > need to pull in the following patch as well > > This does not qualify as a regression in that it has never worked for > the specific platform that I have shown above until your 3 commits came > in and fixed that particular FDT placement. To me this qualifies as a > bug fix, and given that the 3 (now 4) commits applied without hunks, it > seems reasonable to me to back port those to stable. As this isn't a regression, why not just use 5.12 on these platforms? Why is 5.4 and 5.10 needed? thanks, greg k-h