Re: [PATCH v3 3/9] brcmfmac: firmware: Do not crash on a NULL board_type

[Arend van Spriel]

On 1/20/2022 2:24 PM, Dmitry Osipenko wrote:
> 20.01.2022 16:23, Dmitry Osipenko пишет:
> > 20.01.2022 11:29, Arend van Spriel пишет:
> > > On 1/19/2022 11:02 PM, Dmitry Osipenko wrote:
> > > > 17.01.2022 17:29, Hector Martin пишет:
> > > > > This unbreaks support for USB devices, which do not have a board_type
> > > > > to create an alt_path out of and thus were running into a NULL
> > > > > dereference.
> > > > >
> > > > > Fixes: 5ff013914c62 ("brcmfmac: firmware: Allow per-board firmware
> > > > > binaries")
> > > > > Signed-off-by: Hector Martin <marcan@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > >
> > > > Technically, all patches that are intended to be included into next
> > > > stable kernel update require the "Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" tag.
> > >
> > > Being the nit picker that I am I would say it is recommended to safe
> > > yourself extra work, not required, for the reason you give below.
> >
> > Will be nice if stable tag could officially become a recommendation,
> > implying the stable tag. It's a requirement today, at least Greg KH
> > always demands to add it :)
>
> *implying the stable tag if "fixes" tag presents.

I was a little confused reading your previous email in this thread. This 
makes a lot more sense :-p

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