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

[Guenter Roeck]

On 5/30/22 19:38, Bagas Sanjaya wrote:
> 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?

I said "do not backport". I specifically asked not to backport
this patch. It does not include Cc: stable, and it does not
include a Fixes: tag. I even said "... may have adverse affect
if applied to older kernels".

I have no idea how that can be interpreted as "backport to 5.18".
Did I miss the explicit "do not backport to 5.18 ?" If so, my bad.

Ok, here it is a more explicit request:

Do not backport this patch to 5.18.y, 5.17.y, 5.15.y, 5.10.y, 5.4.y,
4.19.y, 4.14.y, 4.9.y, or any other stable release.

Guenter