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Date:   Wed, 19 Oct 2022 13:28:28 +0200
From:   Johan Hovold <johan@kernel.org>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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        Johan Hovold <johan+linaro@kernel.org>,
        Vinod Koul <vkoul@kernel.org>, Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 6.0 523/862] phy: qcom-qmp-pcie: add pcs_misc sanity check
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On Wed, Oct 19, 2022 at 12:41:31PM +0200, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 19, 2022 at 11:15:31AM +0200, Johan Hovold wrote:
> > On Wed, Oct 19, 2022 at 10:30:10AM +0200, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > > From: Johan Hovold <johan+linaro@kernel.org>
> > > 
> > > [ Upstream commit ecd5507e72ea03659dc2cc3e4393fbf8f4e2e02a ]
> > > 
> > > Make sure that the (otherwise) optional pcs_misc IO region has been
> > > provided in case the configuration specifies a corresponding
> > > initialisation table to avoid crashing with malformed device trees.
> > > 
> > > Note that the related debug message is now superfluous as the region is
> > > only used when the configuration has a pcs_misc table.
> > > 
> > > Fixes: 421c9a0e9731 ("phy: qcom: qmp: Add SDM845 PCIe QMP PHY support")
> > > Signed-off-by: Johan Hovold <johan+linaro@kernel.org>
> > > Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220916102340.11520-2-johan+linaro@kernel.org
> > > Signed-off-by: Vinod Koul <vkoul@kernel.org>
> > > Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
> > 
> > This was added to prevent future bugs when adding support for new
> > platforms and did not have a stable tag. Please drop.
> 
> Ok, that wasn't obvious at all from the changelog :(

Ah, sorry, I misread my own patch. This one does indeed prevent a crash
with malformed devicetrees as the commit message says.

But whether that needs backporting or nor is a separate question. I'd
say either way is fine.

> I'll go drop this, and the others you marked as "should not be there"
> from the queue, thanks.

Thanks.

> Maybe next time, don't use a Fixes: tag if the commit really doesn't
> "fix" anything in the current kernel...

Sorry about the confusion. The Fixes tag is correct in this case.

Johan