Re: [PATCH 4/5] spi: rockchip: fix controller deregistration

[Johan Hovold <johan@kernel.org>]

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On Mon, Mar 23, 2026 at 05:02:49PM +0000, Mark Brown wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 23, 2026 at 05:51:20PM +0100, Johan Hovold wrote:
> > On Mon, Mar 23, 2026 at 04:35:39PM +0000, Mark Brown wrote:
> 
> > > Fixes should go before any non-fix patches in the series to avoid
> > > spurious dependencies and make it easier to manage applying the series.
> 
> > Sure, but here there are no inter-driver dependencies (that is, the sets
> > of patches for each driver respectively are independent).
> 
> If you're treating the patches as independent then send a series per
> driver.

I sent these as a series as the changes are related, but sure, it is
possible to split it in three series as well.

> > And I didn't expect this one to go into 7.0-rc (no stable tag).
> 
> Why wouldn't we apply bug fixes as bug fixes?

Not all bug fixes meet the stable backport criteria, and late in the
release cycle we tend to defer non-critical fixes to the next cycle.

This one is border line, but I'll include a stable tag when respinning.
 
> > Do you want me to resend a reordered series?
> 
> Please.

Will do.

Johan

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