Subject: Re: [PATCH v5] sh_eth: ensure pm_runtime cannot suspend the device during init

From: Sergei Shtylyov <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2014 17:52:07 +0400

Hello.

On 29-03-2014 1:18, David Miller wrote:

>>>> I thought it was against the net next tree, given the number of
>>>> patches that are currently being applied to the sh_eth driver.

>>> Fair enough, applied to net-next, thanks!

>>     It probably makes sense to queue this for the stable kernels as well.

> Sorry, that's not how this works.

> If it's good enough for -stable, meaning that users are activly hitting
> the problem and it's a serious bug, then it's good enough for 'net'
> and should have been submitted against 'net'.

    I thought that at this point only regression fixes are good for 'net'.
Although, this can be considered a regression too -- since addition of runtime 
PM support back in 2009.

WBR, Sergei