Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 25 Jul 2023 20:31:17 +0200 | From | Greg Kroah-Hartman <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v4] serial: 8250_dw: Preserve original value of DLF register |
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On Fri, Jul 14, 2023 at 03:31:11PM +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote: > On Fri, Jul 14, 2023 at 03:07:42PM +0300, Ilpo Järvinen wrote: > > On Thu, 13 Jul 2023, Ruihong Luo wrote: > > > > > Preserve the original value of the Divisor Latch Fraction (DLF) register. > > > When the DLF register is modified without preservation, it can disrupt > > > the baudrate settings established by firmware or bootloader, leading to > > > data corruption and the generation of unreadable or distorted characters. > > > > > > Fixes: 701c5e73b296 ("serial: 8250_dw: add fractional divisor support") > > > You forgot to add: > > > > Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org > > It's there. Just not in the commit message. It's fine.
No it isn't, that's not how to have a patch added to the stable tree, as my form letter says:
<formletter>
This is not the correct way to submit patches for inclusion in the stable kernel tree. Please read: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/stable-kernel-rules.html for how to do this properly.
</formletter>
I'll go fix it up by hand...
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