Re: [PATCH 4/5] alienware-wmi: Fix module init error handling

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On Tue, Nov 19, 2024 at 06:22:34PM +0200, Ilpo Järvinen wrote:
> On Tue, 19 Nov 2024, Kurt Borja wrote:
> 
> > On Tue, Nov 19, 2024 at 03:55:08PM +0100, Markus Elfring wrote:
> > > > Propagate led_classdev_register return value in case of error.
> > > > Call led_classdev_unregister in case sysfs_create_group fails.
> > > >
> > > > If alienware_zone_init fails, alienware_zone_exit should not be called
> > > > because the latter unregisters/removes the led class and the sysfs
> > > > group, which may not be registered/created if the former failed
> > > > prematurely.
> > > 
> > > How do you think about to add any tags (like “Fixes” and “Cc”) accordingly?
> > > https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst?h=v6.12#n145
> > 
> > Sure! I will on v2.
> > 
> > This might be kind of obvious but, if I add the Fixes tag, do I have to
> > make the patch over that commit, over stable trees or leave it as is?
> 
> Hi Kurt,
> 
> You do it normally on top of pdx86 fixes branch. In this case because of 
> the on-going merge window, you'll have for-next patch to enter there 
> before your fix will get merged after -rc1.
> 
> Don't worry about stable at this point too much, other than try to have
> the fixes patches as early as possible in your series to avoid conflicts 
> with the other patches within your own patch series.

That's good to know, thank you very much :).

> 
> -- 
>  i.





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