Merge 5.4.174 into android11-5.4-lts

Changes in 5.4.174
	HID: uhid: Fix worker destroying device without any protection
	HID: wacom: Reset expected and received contact counts at the same time
	HID: wacom: Ignore the confidence flag when a touch is removed
	HID: wacom: Avoid using stale array indicies to read contact count
	f2fs: fix to do sanity check in is_alive()
	nfc: llcp: fix NULL error pointer dereference on sendmsg() after failed bind()
	mtd: rawnand: gpmi: Add ERR007117 protection for nfc_apply_timings
	mtd: rawnand: gpmi: Remove explicit default gpmi clock setting for i.MX6
	x86/gpu: Reserve stolen memory for first integrated Intel GPU
	tools/nolibc: x86-64: Fix startup code bug
	tools/nolibc: i386: fix initial stack alignment
	tools/nolibc: fix incorrect truncation of exit code
	rtc: cmos: take rtc_lock while reading from CMOS
	media: v4l2-ioctl.c: readbuffers depends on V4L2_CAP_READWRITE
	media: flexcop-usb: fix control-message timeouts
	media: mceusb: fix control-message timeouts
	media: em28xx: fix control-message timeouts
	media: cpia2: fix control-message timeouts
	media: s2255: fix control-message timeouts
	media: dib0700: fix undefined behavior in tuner shutdown
	media: redrat3: fix control-message timeouts
	media: pvrusb2: fix control-message timeouts
	media: stk1160: fix control-message timeouts
	can: softing_cs: softingcs_probe(): fix memleak on registration failure
	lkdtm: Fix content of section containing lkdtm_rodata_do_nothing()
	iommu/io-pgtable-arm-v7s: Add error handle for page table allocation failure
	dma_fence_array: Fix PENDING_ERROR leak in dma_fence_array_signaled()
	PCI: Add function 1 DMA alias quirk for Marvell 88SE9125 SATA controller
	mm_zone: add function to check if managed dma zone exists
	mm/page_alloc.c: do not warn allocation failure on zone DMA if no managed pages
	shmem: fix a race between shmem_unused_huge_shrink and shmem_evict_inode
	drm/rockchip: dsi: Hold pm-runtime across bind/unbind
	drm/rockchip: dsi: Reconfigure hardware on resume()
	drm/panel: kingdisplay-kd097d04: Delete panel on attach() failure
	drm/panel: innolux-p079zca: Delete panel on attach() failure
	drm/rockchip: dsi: Fix unbalanced clock on probe error
	Bluetooth: cmtp: fix possible panic when cmtp_init_sockets() fails
	clk: bcm-2835: Pick the closest clock rate
	clk: bcm-2835: Remove rounding up the dividers
	wcn36xx: Indicate beacon not connection loss on MISSED_BEACON_IND
	wcn36xx: Release DMA channel descriptor allocations
	media: videobuf2: Fix the size printk format
	media: aspeed: fix mode-detect always time out at 2nd run
	media: em28xx: fix memory leak in em28xx_init_dev
	media: aspeed: Update signal status immediately to ensure sane hw state
	arm64: dts: meson-gxbb-wetek: fix HDMI in early boot
	arm64: dts: meson-gxbb-wetek: fix missing GPIO binding
	Bluetooth: stop proccessing malicious adv data
	tee: fix put order in teedev_close_context()
	media: dmxdev: fix UAF when dvb_register_device() fails
	crypto: qce - fix uaf on qce_ahash_register_one
	arm64: dts: ti: k3-j721e: correct cache-sets info
	tty: serial: atmel: Check return code of dmaengine_submit()
	tty: serial: atmel: Call dma_async_issue_pending()
	media: rcar-csi2: Correct the selection of hsfreqrange
	media: imx-pxp: Initialize the spinlock prior to using it
	media: si470x-i2c: fix possible memory leak in si470x_i2c_probe()
	media: mtk-vcodec: call v4l2_m2m_ctx_release first when file is released
	media: venus: core: Fix a resource leak in the error handling path of 'venus_probe()'
	netfilter: bridge: add support for pppoe filtering
	arm64: dts: qcom: msm8916: fix MMC controller aliases
	ACPI: EC: Rework flushing of EC work while suspended to idle
	drm/amdgpu: Fix a NULL pointer dereference in amdgpu_connector_lcd_native_mode()
	drm/radeon/radeon_kms: Fix a NULL pointer dereference in radeon_driver_open_kms()
	arm64: dts: ti: k3-j721e: Fix the L2 cache sets
	tty: serial: uartlite: allow 64 bit address
	serial: amba-pl011: do not request memory region twice
	floppy: Fix hang in watchdog when disk is ejected
	staging: rtl8192e: return error code from rtllib_softmac_init()
	staging: rtl8192e: rtllib_module: fix error handle case in alloc_rtllib()
	Bluetooth: btmtksdio: fix resume failure
	media: dib8000: Fix a memleak in dib8000_init()
	media: saa7146: mxb: Fix a NULL pointer dereference in mxb_attach()
	media: si2157: Fix "warm" tuner state detection
	sched/rt: Try to restart rt period timer when rt runtime exceeded
	rcu/exp: Mark current CPU as exp-QS in IPI loop second pass
	mwifiex: Fix possible ABBA deadlock
	xfrm: fix a small bug in xfrm_sa_len()
	crypto: stm32/cryp - fix xts and race condition in crypto_engine requests
	crypto: stm32/cryp - fix double pm exit
	crypto: stm32/cryp - fix lrw chaining mode
	ARM: dts: gemini: NAS4220-B: fis-index-block with 128 KiB sectors
	media: dw2102: Fix use after free
	media: msi001: fix possible null-ptr-deref in msi001_probe()
	media: coda/imx-vdoa: Handle dma_set_coherent_mask error codes
	drm/msm/dpu: fix safe status debugfs file
	drm/bridge: ti-sn65dsi86: Set max register for regmap
	media: hantro: Fix probe func error path
	xfrm: interface with if_id 0 should return error
	xfrm: state and policy should fail if XFRMA_IF_ID 0
	ARM: 9159/1: decompressor: Avoid UNPREDICTABLE NOP encoding
	usb: ftdi-elan: fix memory leak on device disconnect
	ARM: dts: armada-38x: Add generic compatible to UART nodes
	mmc: meson-mx-sdio: add IRQ check
	selinux: fix potential memleak in selinux_add_opt()
	bpftool: Enable line buffering for stdout
	x86/mce/inject: Avoid out-of-bounds write when setting flags
	ACPI: scan: Create platform device for BCM4752 and LNV4752 ACPI nodes
	pcmcia: rsrc_nonstatic: Fix a NULL pointer dereference in __nonstatic_find_io_region()
	pcmcia: rsrc_nonstatic: Fix a NULL pointer dereference in nonstatic_find_mem_region()
	netfilter: ipt_CLUSTERIP: fix refcount leak in clusterip_tg_check()
	bpf: Fix SO_RCVBUF/SO_SNDBUF handling in _bpf_setsockopt().
	ppp: ensure minimum packet size in ppp_write()
	rocker: fix a sleeping in atomic bug
	staging: greybus: audio: Check null pointer
	fsl/fman: Check for null pointer after calling devm_ioremap
	Bluetooth: hci_bcm: Check for error irq
	HID: hid-uclogic-params: Invalid parameter check in uclogic_params_init
	HID: hid-uclogic-params: Invalid parameter check in uclogic_params_get_str_desc
	HID: hid-uclogic-params: Invalid parameter check in uclogic_params_huion_init
	HID: hid-uclogic-params: Invalid parameter check in uclogic_params_frame_init_v1_buttonpad
	debugfs: lockdown: Allow reading debugfs files that are not world readable
	net/mlx5e: Don't block routes with nexthop objects in SW
	Revert "net/mlx5e: Block offload of outer header csum for UDP tunnels"
	net/mlx5: Set command entry semaphore up once got index free
	spi: spi-meson-spifc: Add missing pm_runtime_disable() in meson_spifc_probe
	tpm: add request_locality before write TPM_INT_ENABLE
	can: softing: softing_startstop(): fix set but not used variable warning
	can: xilinx_can: xcan_probe(): check for error irq
	pcmcia: fix setting of kthread task states
	net: mcs7830: handle usb read errors properly
	ext4: avoid trim error on fs with small groups
	ALSA: jack: Add missing rwsem around snd_ctl_remove() calls
	ALSA: PCM: Add missing rwsem around snd_ctl_remove() calls
	ALSA: hda: Add missing rwsem around snd_ctl_remove() calls
	RDMA/hns: Validate the pkey index
	clk: imx8mn: Fix imx8mn_clko1_sels
	powerpc/prom_init: Fix improper check of prom_getprop()
	ASoC: uniphier: drop selecting non-existing SND_SOC_UNIPHIER_AIO_DMA
	ALSA: oss: fix compile error when OSS_DEBUG is enabled
	char/mwave: Adjust io port register size
	binder: fix handling of error during copy
	iommu/io-pgtable-arm: Fix table descriptor paddr formatting
	scsi: ufs: Fix race conditions related to driver data
	PCI/MSI: Fix pci_irq_vector()/pci_irq_get_affinity()
	powerpc/powermac: Add additional missing lockdep_register_key()
	RDMA/core: Let ib_find_gid() continue search even after empty entry
	RDMA/cma: Let cma_resolve_ib_dev() continue search even after empty entry
	ASoC: rt5663: Handle device_property_read_u32_array error codes
	clk: stm32: Fix ltdc's clock turn off by clk_disable_unused() after system enter shell
	dmaengine: pxa/mmp: stop referencing config->slave_id
	iommu/iova: Fix race between FQ timeout and teardown
	phy: uniphier-usb3ss: fix unintended writing zeros to PHY register
	ASoC: mediatek: Check for error clk pointer
	ASoC: samsung: idma: Check of ioremap return value
	misc: lattice-ecp3-config: Fix task hung when firmware load failed
	mips: lantiq: add support for clk_set_parent()
	mips: bcm63xx: add support for clk_set_parent()
	RDMA/cxgb4: Set queue pair state when being queried
	of: base: Fix phandle argument length mismatch error message
	Bluetooth: Fix debugfs entry leak in hci_register_dev()
	fs: dlm: filter user dlm messages for kernel locks
	drm/lima: fix warning when CONFIG_DEBUG_SG=y & CONFIG_DMA_API_DEBUG=y
	ar5523: Fix null-ptr-deref with unexpected WDCMSG_TARGET_START reply
	drm/nouveau/pmu/gm200-: avoid touching PMU outside of DEVINIT/PREOS/ACR
	ARM: shmobile: rcar-gen2: Add missing of_node_put()
	batman-adv: allow netlink usage in unprivileged containers
	usb: gadget: f_fs: Use stream_open() for endpoint files
	drm: panel-orientation-quirks: Add quirk for the Lenovo Yoga Book X91F/L
	HID: apple: Do not reset quirks when the Fn key is not found
	media: b2c2: Add missing check in flexcop_pci_isr:
	EDAC/synopsys: Use the quirk for version instead of ddr version
	mlxsw: pci: Add shutdown method in PCI driver
	drm/bridge: megachips: Ensure both bridges are probed before registration
	gpiolib: acpi: Do not set the IRQ type if the IRQ is already in use
	HSI: core: Fix return freed object in hsi_new_client
	mwifiex: Fix skb_over_panic in mwifiex_usb_recv()
	rsi: Fix use-after-free in rsi_rx_done_handler()
	rsi: Fix out-of-bounds read in rsi_read_pkt()
	usb: uhci: add aspeed ast2600 uhci support
	floppy: Add max size check for user space request
	x86/mm: Flush global TLB when switching to trampoline page-table
	media: uvcvideo: Increase UVC_CTRL_CONTROL_TIMEOUT to 5 seconds.
	media: saa7146: hexium_orion: Fix a NULL pointer dereference in hexium_attach()
	media: m920x: don't use stack on USB reads
	iwlwifi: mvm: synchronize with FW after multicast commands
	ath10k: Fix tx hanging
	net-sysfs: update the queue counts in the unregistration path
	net: phy: prefer 1000baseT over 1000baseKX
	gpio: aspeed: Convert aspeed_gpio.lock to raw_spinlock
	x86/mce: Mark mce_panic() noinstr
	x86/mce: Mark mce_end() noinstr
	x86/mce: Mark mce_read_aux() noinstr
	net: bonding: debug: avoid printing debug logs when bond is not notifying peers
	bpf: Do not WARN in bpf_warn_invalid_xdp_action()
	HID: quirks: Allow inverting the absolute X/Y values
	media: igorplugusb: receiver overflow should be reported
	media: saa7146: hexium_gemini: Fix a NULL pointer dereference in hexium_attach()
	mmc: core: Fixup storing of OCR for MMC_QUIRK_NONSTD_SDIO
	audit: ensure userspace is penalized the same as the kernel when under pressure
	arm64: dts: ls1028a-qds: move rtc node to the correct i2c bus
	arm64: tegra: Adjust length of CCPLEX cluster MMIO region
	cpufreq: Fix initialization of min and max frequency QoS requests
	usb: hub: Add delay for SuperSpeed hub resume to let links transit to U0
	ath9k: Fix out-of-bound memcpy in ath9k_hif_usb_rx_stream
	iwlwifi: fix leaks/bad data after failed firmware load
	iwlwifi: remove module loading failure message
	iwlwifi: mvm: Fix calculation of frame length
	um: registers: Rename function names to avoid conflicts and build problems
	jffs2: GC deadlock reading a page that is used in jffs2_write_begin()
	ACPICA: actypes.h: Expand the ACPI_ACCESS_ definitions
	ACPICA: Utilities: Avoid deleting the same object twice in a row
	ACPICA: Executer: Fix the REFCLASS_REFOF case in acpi_ex_opcode_1A_0T_1R()
	ACPICA: Fix wrong interpretation of PCC address
	ACPICA: Hardware: Do not flush CPU cache when entering S4 and S5
	drm/amdgpu: fixup bad vram size on gmc v8
	ACPI: battery: Add the ThinkPad "Not Charging" quirk
	btrfs: remove BUG_ON() in find_parent_nodes()
	btrfs: remove BUG_ON(!eie) in find_parent_nodes
	net: mdio: Demote probed message to debug print
	mac80211: allow non-standard VHT MCS-10/11
	dm btree: add a defensive bounds check to insert_at()
	dm space map common: add bounds check to sm_ll_lookup_bitmap()
	net: phy: marvell: configure RGMII delays for 88E1118
	net: gemini: allow any RGMII interface mode
	regulator: qcom_smd: Align probe function with rpmh-regulator
	serial: pl010: Drop CR register reset on set_termios
	serial: core: Keep mctrl register state and cached copy in sync
	random: do not throw away excess input to crng_fast_load
	parisc: Avoid calling faulthandler_disabled() twice
	powerpc/6xx: add missing of_node_put
	powerpc/powernv: add missing of_node_put
	powerpc/cell: add missing of_node_put
	powerpc/btext: add missing of_node_put
	powerpc/watchdog: Fix missed watchdog reset due to memory ordering race
	i2c: i801: Don't silently correct invalid transfer size
	powerpc/smp: Move setup_profiling_timer() under CONFIG_PROFILING
	i2c: mpc: Correct I2C reset procedure
	clk: meson: gxbb: Fix the SDM_EN bit for MPLL0 on GXBB
	powerpc/powermac: Add missing lockdep_register_key()
	KVM: PPC: Book3S: Suppress failed alloc warning in H_COPY_TOFROM_GUEST
	w1: Misuse of get_user()/put_user() reported by sparse
	scsi: lpfc: Trigger SLI4 firmware dump before doing driver cleanup
	ALSA: seq: Set upper limit of processed events
	powerpc: handle kdump appropriately with crash_kexec_post_notifiers option
	MIPS: OCTEON: add put_device() after of_find_device_by_node()
	i2c: designware-pci: Fix to change data types of hcnt and lcnt parameters
	MIPS: Octeon: Fix build errors using clang
	scsi: sr: Don't use GFP_DMA
	ASoC: mediatek: mt8173: fix device_node leak
	power: bq25890: Enable continuous conversion for ADC at charging
	rpmsg: core: Clean up resources on announce_create failure.
	crypto: omap-aes - Fix broken pm_runtime_and_get() usage
	crypto: stm32/crc32 - Fix kernel BUG triggered in probe()
	crypto: caam - replace this_cpu_ptr with raw_cpu_ptr
	ubifs: Error path in ubifs_remount_rw() seems to wrongly free write buffers
	fuse: Pass correct lend value to filemap_write_and_wait_range()
	serial: Fix incorrect rs485 polarity on uart open
	cputime, cpuacct: Include guest time in user time in cpuacct.stat
	tracing/kprobes: 'nmissed' not showed correctly for kretprobe
	iwlwifi: mvm: Increase the scan timeout guard to 30 seconds
	s390/mm: fix 2KB pgtable release race
	drm/etnaviv: limit submit sizes
	drm/nouveau/kms/nv04: use vzalloc for nv04_display
	drm/bridge: analogix_dp: Make PSR-exit block less
	PCI: pci-bridge-emul: Properly mark reserved PCIe bits in PCI config space
	PCI: pci-bridge-emul: Correctly set PCIe capabilities
	PCI: pci-bridge-emul: Set PCI_STATUS_CAP_LIST for PCIe device
	xfrm: fix policy lookup for ipv6 gre packets
	btrfs: fix deadlock between quota enable and other quota operations
	btrfs: check the root node for uptodate before returning it
	btrfs: respect the max size in the header when activating swap file
	ext4: make sure to reset inode lockdep class when quota enabling fails
	ext4: make sure quota gets properly shutdown on error
	ext4: set csum seed in tmp inode while migrating to extents
	ext4: Fix BUG_ON in ext4_bread when write quota data
	ext4: don't use the orphan list when migrating an inode
	drm/radeon: fix error handling in radeon_driver_open_kms
	of: base: Improve argument length mismatch error
	firmware: Update Kconfig help text for Google firmware
	media: rcar-csi2: Optimize the selection PHTW register
	Documentation: dmaengine: Correctly describe dmatest with channel unset
	Documentation: ACPI: Fix data node reference documentation
	Documentation: refer to config RANDOMIZE_BASE for kernel address-space randomization
	Documentation: fix firewire.rst ABI file path error
	scsi: core: Show SCMD_LAST in text form
	RDMA/hns: Modify the mapping attribute of doorbell to device
	RDMA/rxe: Fix a typo in opcode name
	dmaengine: stm32-mdma: fix STM32_MDMA_CTBR_TSEL_MASK
	Revert "net/mlx5: Add retry mechanism to the command entry index allocation"
	powerpc/cell: Fix clang -Wimplicit-fallthrough warning
	powerpc/fsl/dts: Enable WA for erratum A-009885 on fman3l MDIO buses
	bpftool: Remove inclusion of utilities.mak from Makefiles
	ipv4: avoid quadratic behavior in netns dismantle
	net/fsl: xgmac_mdio: Fix incorrect iounmap when removing module
	parisc: pdc_stable: Fix memory leak in pdcs_register_pathentries
	f2fs: fix to reserve space for IO align feature
	af_unix: annote lockless accesses to unix_tot_inflight & gc_in_progress
	clk: si5341: Fix clock HW provider cleanup
	net: axienet: limit minimum TX ring size
	net: axienet: fix number of TX ring slots for available check
	net: axienet: increase default TX ring size to 128
	rtc: pxa: fix null pointer dereference
	inet: frags: annotate races around fqdir->dead and fqdir->high_thresh
	netns: add schedule point in ops_exit_list()
	xfrm: Don't accidentally set RTO_ONLINK in decode_session4()
	gre: Don't accidentally set RTO_ONLINK in gre_fill_metadata_dst()
	libcxgb: Don't accidentally set RTO_ONLINK in cxgb_find_route()
	perf script: Fix hex dump character output
	dmaengine: at_xdmac: Don't start transactions at tx_submit level
	dmaengine: at_xdmac: Print debug message after realeasing the lock
	dmaengine: at_xdmac: Fix concurrency over xfers_list
	dmaengine: at_xdmac: Fix lld view setting
	dmaengine: at_xdmac: Fix at_xdmac_lld struct definition
	arm64: dts: qcom: msm8996: drop not documented adreno properties
	net_sched: restore "mpu xxx" handling
	bcmgenet: add WOL IRQ check
	net: ethernet: mtk_eth_soc: fix error checking in mtk_mac_config()
	dt-bindings: display: meson-dw-hdmi: add missing sound-name-prefix property
	dt-bindings: display: meson-vpu: Add missing amlogic,canvas property
	scripts/dtc: dtx_diff: remove broken example from help text
	lib82596: Fix IRQ check in sni_82596_probe
	lib/test_meminit: destroy cache in kmem_cache_alloc_bulk() test
	mtd: nand: bbt: Fix corner case in bad block table handling
	Revert "ia64: kprobes: Use generic kretprobe trampoline handler"
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README.md

How do I submit patches to Android Common Kernels

  1. BEST: Make all of your changes to upstream Linux. If appropriate, backport to the stable releases. These patches will be merged automatically in the corresponding common kernels. If the patch is already in upstream Linux, post a backport of the patch that conforms to the patch requirements below.

  2. LESS GOOD: Develop your patches out-of-tree (from an upstream Linux point-of-view). Unless these are fixing an Android-specific bug, these are very unlikely to be accepted unless they have been coordinated with kernel-team@android.com. If you want to proceed, post a patch that conforms to the patch requirements below.

Common Kernel patch requirements

  • All patches must conform to the Linux kernel coding standards and pass script/checkpatch.pl
  • Patches shall not break gki_defconfig or allmodconfig builds for arm, arm64, x86, x86_64 architectures (see https://source.android.com/setup/build/building-kernels)
  • If the patch is not merged from an upstream branch, the subject must be tagged with the type of patch: UPSTREAM:, BACKPORT:, FROMGIT:, FROMLIST:, or ANDROID:.
  • All patches must have a Change-Id: tag (see https://gerrit-review.googlesource.com/Documentation/user-changeid.html)
  • If an Android bug has been assigned, there must be a Bug: tag.
  • All patches must have a Signed-off-by: tag by the author and the submitter

Additional requirements are listed below based on patch type

Requirements for backports from mainline Linux: UPSTREAM:, BACKPORT:

  • If the patch is a cherry-pick from Linux mainline with no changes at all
    • tag the patch subject with UPSTREAM:.
    • add upstream commit information with a (cherry-picked from ...) line
    • Example:
      • if the upstream commit message is
        important patch from upstream

        This is the detailed description of the important patch

        Signed-off-by: Fred Jones <fred.jones@foo.org>
    - then Joe Smith would upload the patch for the common kernel as
        UPSTREAM: important patch from upstream

        This is the detailed description of the important patch

        Signed-off-by: Fred Jones <fred.jones@foo.org>

        Bug: 135791357
        Change-Id: I4caaaa566ea080fa148c5e768bb1a0b6f7201c01
        (cherry-picked from c31e73121f4c1ec41143423ac6ce3ce6dafdcec1)
        Signed-off-by: Joe Smith <joe.smith@foo.org>
  • If the patch requires any changes from the upstream version, tag the patch with BACKPORT: instead of UPSTREAM:.
    • use the same tags as UPSTREAM:
    • add comments about the changes under the (cherry-picked from ...) line
    • Example:
        BACKPORT: important patch from upstream

        This is the detailed description of the important patch

        Signed-off-by: Fred Jones <fred.jones@foo.org>

        Bug: 135791357
        Change-Id: I4caaaa566ea080fa148c5e768bb1a0b6f7201c01
        (cherry-picked from c31e73121f4c1ec41143423ac6ce3ce6dafdcec1)
        [ Resolved minor conflict in drivers/foo/bar.c ]
        Signed-off-by: Joe Smith <joe.smith@foo.org>

Requirements for other backports: FROMGIT:, FROMLIST:,

  • If the patch has been merged into an upstream maintainer tree, but has not yet been merged into Linux mainline
    • tag the patch subject with FROMGIT:
    • add info on where the patch came from as (cherry picked from commit <sha1> <repo> <branch>). This must be a stable maintainer branch (not rebased, so don't use linux-next for example).
    • if changes were required, use BACKPORT: FROMGIT:
    • Example:
      • if the commit message in the maintainer tree is
        important patch from upstream

        This is the detailed description of the important patch

        Signed-off-by: Fred Jones <fred.jones@foo.org>
    - then Joe Smith would upload the patch for the common kernel as
        FROMGIT: important patch from upstream

        This is the detailed description of the important patch

        Signed-off-by: Fred Jones <fred.jones@foo.org>

        Bug: 135791357
        (cherry picked from commit 878a2fd9de10b03d11d2f622250285c7e63deace
         https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/foo/bar.git test-branch)
        Change-Id: I4caaaa566ea080fa148c5e768bb1a0b6f7201c01
        Signed-off-by: Joe Smith <joe.smith@foo.org>
  • If the patch has been submitted to LKML, but not accepted into any maintainer tree
    • tag the patch subject with FROMLIST:
    • add a Link: tag with a link to the submittal on lore.kernel.org
    • if changes were required, use BACKPORT: FROMLIST:
    • Example:
        FROMLIST: important patch from upstream

        This is the detailed description of the important patch

        Signed-off-by: Fred Jones <fred.jones@foo.org>

        Bug: 135791357
        Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20190619171517.GA17557@someone.com/
        Change-Id: I4caaaa566ea080fa148c5e768bb1a0b6f7201c01
        Signed-off-by: Joe Smith <joe.smith@foo.org>

Requirements for Android-specific patches: ANDROID:

  • If the patch is fixing a bug to Android-specific code
    • tag the patch subject with ANDROID:
    • add a Fixes: tag that cites the patch with the bug
    • Example:
        ANDROID: fix android-specific bug in foobar.c

        This is the detailed description of the important fix

        Fixes: 1234abcd2468 ("foobar: add cool feature")
        Change-Id: I4caaaa566ea080fa148c5e768bb1a0b6f7201c01
        Signed-off-by: Joe Smith <joe.smith@foo.org>
  • If the patch is a new feature
    • tag the patch subject with ANDROID:
    • add a Bug: tag with the Android bug (required for android-specific features)