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Date:   Wed, 11 Oct 2023 19:42:18 +0200
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To:     Lino Sanfilippo <l.sanfilippo@kunbus.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/7] serial: amba-pl011: get rid of useless wrapper
 pl011_get_rs485_mode()
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On Wed, Oct 11, 2023 at 07:38:24PM +0200, Lino Sanfilippo wrote:
> Due to earlier code changes function pl011_get_rs485_mode() is now merely
> a wrapper for uart_get_rs485_mode() which does not add any further
> functionality. So remove it and instead call uart_get_rs485_mode()
> directly.
> 
> Reviewed-by: Lukas Wunner <lukas@wunner.de>
> Signed-off-by: Lino Sanfilippo <l.sanfilippo@kunbus.com>
> ---
>  drivers/tty/serial/amba-pl011.c | 14 +-------------
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 13 deletions(-)

Why is patch 2/7 not cc: stable, when patches 3-7 are?  Either this
patch isn't needed in this series, and can go later (or to a different
branch), or it also needs to be marked for stable as the later patches
depend on it?

thanks,

greg k-h