Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL 5.17 128/135] hwmon: Make chip parameter for with_info API mandatory

[Bagas Sanjaya]

On 5/30/22 21:27, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> On 5/30/22 06:31, Sasha Levin wrote:
>> From: Guenter Roeck <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> [ Upstream commit ddaefa209c4ac791c1262e97c9b2d0440c8ef1d5 ]
>>
>> Various attempts were made recently to "convert" the old
>> hwmon_device_register() API to devm_hwmon_device_register_with_info()
>> by just changing the function name without actually converting the
>> driver. Prevent this from happening by making the 'chip' parameter of
>> devm_hwmon_device_register_with_info() mandatory.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> This patch should not be backported. It is only relevant for new
> kernel releases, and may have adverse affect if applied to older
> kernels.

So this patch is meant to be backported to 5.18 only, right?

-- 
An old man doll... just what I always wanted! - Clara