Re: [PATCH v1 2/2] gpiolib: Introduce gpio_device_get() and gpio_device_put()

[Bartosz Golaszewski]

On Tue, Nov 29, 2022 at 3:47 PM Andy Shevchenko
<andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Nov 29, 2022 at 02:54:10PM +0100, Bartosz Golaszewski wrote:
> > On Fri, Nov 25, 2022 at 7:11 PM Andy Shevchenko
> > <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > Introduce gpio_device_get() and gpio_device_put() helpers
> > > and convert existing users.
>
> > This doesn't apply to my for-next branch, can you rebase and resend
> > (just this one, the other is applied).
>
> The problem is that you don't merge or cherry-pick fixes into your
> for-next branch and they are getting diverged.
>
> In PDx86 subsystem we decided to cherry-pick the fixes into for-next.
> Some other subsystems are doing back-merges (but I remember that Linus
> T. complained about back merges, although I dunno if it's still
> the case). Some subsystems merges their fixes into for-next, dunno
> if it's the best practice either.
>
> That said, this can be submitted after v6.2-rc1 is out.
>

I do merge tags if I need to. Normally you'd mention any requirements
for the series in the cover letter.

I have not sent any fixes so far in this release cycle BTW.

Bart