On Mon, 18 Sep 2023 17:22:59 +0200 Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Mon, Sep 18, 2023 at 04:00:04PM +0200, Marek Behún wrote: > > Greg, please drop this patch from both 5.10 and 5.15. > > > > Reference: > > https://lore.kernel.org/linux-leds/ZQLelWcNjjp2xndY@xxxxxxxxxx/T/ > > But this is already in released kernels: > 6.1.53 6.4.16 6.5.3 6.6-rc1 > > > I am going to send a fix to drop the check altogether. > > We will be glad to queue up the fix as well when it hits Linus's tree, > please be sure to tag it for stable backporting so we can get it in all > locations. > > But for now, being bug-compatible makes more sense, right? Or is this > really critical and should not be in these kernels now? According to that e-mail, the patch breaks booting for some systems, so if it would be possible to avoid it... I've sent a fixup patch which removes the BUG_ON altogether, and referenced the patch that broke booting in the Fixes tag. But I don't know how long it will take to hit Linus' tree, it may take several weeks. Marek
