Re: [PATCH] Documentation: gpiolib: sysfs: high can be any nonzero value

[Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Apr 23, 2015 at 12:12:46AM +0300, Vladimir Zapolskiy wrote:
> Hi Greg,
> 
> On 22.04.2015 20:10, Johan Hovold wrote:
> > On Wed, Apr 22, 2015 at 06:39:46PM +0200, Dirk Behme wrote:
> >> With the commit 79a9becda8940d ("gpiolib: export descriptor-based
> >> GPIO interface") the gpiolib can return any nonzero value for high.
> >> Not only 1. Correct this in the documentation.
> > 
> > As _gpiod_get_raw_value returns a bool, I fail to see how that could
> > happen.
> > 
> > Ah, that was fixed by commit 23600969ff13 ("gpio: clamp returned values
> > to the boolean range") in 3.15.
> > 
> > Looks like that one should be backported to 3.14 instead.
> > 
> 
> I tested that 23600969ff13 clearly applies to 3.14.y and I confirm that
> it fixes the problem.
> 
> Would it be possible for you to backport this commit to LTS 3.14.y,
> since it fixes quite critical sysfs API regression? Or should I send the
> patch to stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ?

Normally always send this type of thing to stable@vger, but I've now
picked it up, thanks.

greg k-h
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