This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
firewire: core: correct documentation of fw_csr_string() kernel API
to the 5.4-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
firewire-core-correct-documentation-of-fw_csr_string-kernel-api.patch
and it can be found in the queue-5.4 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
>From 5f9ab17394f831cb7986ec50900fa37507a127f1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Takashi Sakamoto <o-takashi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2024 20:53:18 +0900
Subject: firewire: core: correct documentation of fw_csr_string() kernel API
From: Takashi Sakamoto <o-takashi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
commit 5f9ab17394f831cb7986ec50900fa37507a127f1 upstream.
Against its current description, the kernel API can accepts all types of
directory entries.
This commit corrects the documentation.
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Fixes: 3c2c58cb33b3 ("firewire: core: fw_csr_string addendum")
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240130100409.30128-2-o-takashi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Takashi Sakamoto <o-takashi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/firewire/core-device.c | 7 +++----
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
--- a/drivers/firewire/core-device.c
+++ b/drivers/firewire/core-device.c
@@ -100,10 +100,9 @@ static int textual_leaf_to_string(const
* @buf: where to put the string
* @size: size of @buf, in bytes
*
- * The string is taken from a minimal ASCII text descriptor leaf after
- * the immediate entry with @key. The string is zero-terminated.
- * An overlong string is silently truncated such that it and the
- * zero byte fit into @size.
+ * The string is taken from a minimal ASCII text descriptor leaf just after the entry with the
+ * @key. The string is zero-terminated. An overlong string is silently truncated such that it
+ * and the zero byte fit into @size.
*
* Returns strlen(buf) or a negative error code.
*/
Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from o-takashi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx are
queue-5.4/firewire-core-correct-documentation-of-fw_csr_string-kernel-api.patch
