Re: duplicated patch in 5.4

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On 07.09.2020 21:29, Sasha Levin wrote:
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> On Mon, Sep 07, 2020 at 07:31:54PM +0200, Greg KH wrote:
>> 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.
> 
> I'll queue up a revert, nothing else is required on your end, thanks for
> reporting!

Great! Thanks everyone!

Best regards,
Codrin





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