[Intel-gfx] [PATCH 1/2] drm/i915/gen9: unconditionally apply the memory bandwidth WA

[Greg KH]

On Tue, Oct 11, 2016 at 01:54:09PM +0300, Jani Nikula wrote:
> On Tue, 11 Oct 2016, Greg KH <greg at kroah.com> wrote:
> > On Tue, Oct 11, 2016 at 10:34:14AM +0300, Jani Nikula wrote:
> >> On Mon, 10 Oct 2016, Paulo Zanoni <paulo.r.zanoni at intel.com> wrote:
> >> The patch is a bit on the large side for stable. 100 lines with context
> >> is the rule.
> >
> > Huh?  It's only 49 line of changes:
> >
> >> >  drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_pm.c | 49 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
> >> >  1 file changed, 41 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
> >
> > That's fine for stable, we take i915 stable patches much bigger than
> > that all the time :)
> 
> Oh, I thought the rule was "100 lines, with context", but I certainly
> won't argue! Never mind! ;)

It's the "official" rule, yes, but really, context of the patch itself
(i.e. what it does), is the key thing.

thanks,

greg k-h