Re: [PATCH net] net: dsa: mt7530: correct ds->num_ports

From: Florian Fainelli
Date: Mon Oct 18 2021 - 12:22:58 EST


On 10/18/21 1:42 AM, DENG Qingfang wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 16, 2021 at 07:36:14PM -0700, Florian Fainelli wrote:
>> On 10/15/2021 11:24 PM, DENG Qingfang wrote:
>>> Setting ds->num_ports to DSA_MAX_PORTS made DSA core allocate unnecessary
>>> dsa_port's and call mt7530_port_disable for non-existent ports.
>>>
>>> Set it to MT7530_NUM_PORTS to fix that, and dsa_is_user_port check in
>>> port_enable/disable is no longer required.
>>>
>>> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Signed-off-by: DENG Qingfang <dqfext@xxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> Do you really want to target the net tree for this change?
>
> Yes because I consider this a bug fix.


OK, why not provide a Fixes tag to help with targeting the back port
then? This has been applied anyway, so hopefully the auto selection will
do its job and tell you where it stops applying cleanly.
--
Florian