Re: duplicated patch in 5.4

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On Mon, Sep 07, 2020 at 05:15:49PM +0000, Codrin.Ciubotariu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> On 07.09.2020 17:24, Kristof Havasi wrote:
> > Dear Ciubatariu,
> > 
> > as I am not familiar with the linux development workflow, I am
> > contacting you directly as the author of the upstream patch:
> > af199a1a9cb02ec0194804bd46c174b6db262075
> > 
> > I noticed that your addition there was applied twice into 5.4 [1]
> > 
> > d9b8206e5323ae3c9b5b4177478a1224108642f7    v5.4.51-45-gd9b8206e5323
> > d55dad8b1d893fae0c4e778abf2ace048bcbad86     v5.4.52-13-gd55dad8b1d89
> > 
> > resulting in a non-harmful, but unnecessary double setting of the variable.
> > 
> > /* set the real number of ports */
> > dev->ds->num_ports = dev->port_cnt;
> > 
> > /* set the real number of ports */
> > dev->ds->num_ports = dev->port_cnt;
> > 
> > return 0;
> > 
> > Could you notify the stable maintainers to apply your patch correctly?
> > 
> > Best regards,
> > Kristóf Havasi
> > 
> > 
> > [1] https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/tree/drivers/net/dsa/microchip/ksz8795.c?h=v5.4.63#n1274
> > 
> 
> Hello,
> 
> Kristóf discovered that one patch of mine was applied twice. What is the 
> best way to address this?

Send us a revert would be best.

thanks,

greg k-h



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