Message ID | 20180409222538.GA29776@xps13.dannf |
---|---|
State | New |
Headers | show |
Series | [PULL,Bionic] Replace LPC patchset with upstream version | expand |
On Mon, Apr 09, 2018 at 04:25:38PM -0600, dann frazier wrote: > The LPC patchset for HiSilicon boards landed upstream in the v4.17 > merge window. We're currently carrying an earlier version (v14) of the > patches as SAUCE, while v17 + a bug fix is what was eventually merged. > > There is at least one notable bug fix in the upstream version (a > Coverity-discovered dereference-before-null-check), along with quite a > bit of coding style clean-up. Replacing our patches w/ upstream > cherry-picks will increase the odds that future upstream bug fixes > will apply cleanly. Let's fix that bug and reduce our technical debt > by syncing with the upstream patches. > > The following changes since commit e11f6df5108b12a63480686da6428e3fe1d9ccfa: > > cxl: Check if PSL data-cache is available before issue flush request (2018-04-09 11:40:29 -0300) > > are available in the Git repository at: > > git://git.launchpad.net/~dannf/ubuntu/+source/linux/+git/linux upstream-lpc-bionic > > for you to fetch changes up to 580316d23432995530f57e90210d418b96d72179: > > MAINTAINERS: Add John Garry as maintainer for HiSilicon LPC driver (2018-04-09 16:06:33 -0600) The changes themselves look good, but let's not reuse the old bug number. Can you open a new bug for updating the patches and change the buglinks? Thanks!
On Tue, Apr 10, 2018 at 8:41 AM, Seth Forshee <seth.forshee@canonical.com> wrote: > On Mon, Apr 09, 2018 at 04:25:38PM -0600, dann frazier wrote: >> The LPC patchset for HiSilicon boards landed upstream in the v4.17 >> merge window. We're currently carrying an earlier version (v14) of the >> patches as SAUCE, while v17 + a bug fix is what was eventually merged. >> >> There is at least one notable bug fix in the upstream version (a >> Coverity-discovered dereference-before-null-check), along with quite a >> bit of coding style clean-up. Replacing our patches w/ upstream >> cherry-picks will increase the odds that future upstream bug fixes >> will apply cleanly. Let's fix that bug and reduce our technical debt >> by syncing with the upstream patches. >> >> The following changes since commit e11f6df5108b12a63480686da6428e3fe1d9ccfa: >> >> cxl: Check if PSL data-cache is available before issue flush request (2018-04-09 11:40:29 -0300) >> >> are available in the Git repository at: >> >> git://git.launchpad.net/~dannf/ubuntu/+source/linux/+git/linux upstream-lpc-bionic >> >> for you to fetch changes up to 580316d23432995530f57e90210d418b96d72179: >> >> MAINTAINERS: Add John Garry as maintainer for HiSilicon LPC driver (2018-04-09 16:06:33 -0600) > > The changes themselves look good, but let's not reuse the old bug > number. Can you open a new bug for updating the patches and change the > buglinks? Thanks! You bet - I'll send a v2 PULL when done.