[PATCH v3 1/2] clk: imx: fix integer overflow in AV PLL round rate

[Fabio Estevam]

On Fri, Oct 28, 2016 at 4:13 PM, Stephen Boyd <sboyd at codeaurora.org> wrote:

> The clk-fixes branch is for patches that fix problems in code
> merged during the merge window as well as small one-liners and
> things that are causing great pain for people on the latest
> release. Given that this fixes a regression in v4.8 and we're
> trying to stabilize v4.9 it looked like it could wait until
> v4.10.

The regression affects 4.8 and 4.9.

> So is there something going on here where the pain is too much to
> wait for the next merge window? If so the commit text should

Yes, people reported HDMI issues because of this bug:
https://www.spinics.net/lists/arm-kernel/msg535304.html

> mention something about what's causing that pain. Perhaps by
> referencing the commit that merged outside of clk tree that
> caused problems.

This patch clearly states that the problem is caused by ba7f4f557eb6
("clk: imx: correct AV PLL rate formula").

Since this is a regression, I don't understand why we need to wait
until 4.10 to get it applied.