Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 27 Sep 2012 14:04:40 -0700 | From | Greg Kroah-Hartman <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] pch_uart: Add eg20t_port lock field, avoid recursive spinlocks |
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On Wed, Sep 05, 2012 at 05:37:25PM -0700, Darren Hart wrote: > On 09/05/2012 05:25 PM, Darren Hart wrote: > > > > > > On 09/05/2012 05:18 PM, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > >> On Wed, Sep 05, 2012 at 05:14:48PM -0700, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > >>> On Wed, Sep 05, 2012 at 05:04:07PM -0700, Darren Hart wrote: > >>>> The following patch has been included in linux-next > >>>> (fe89def79c48e2149abdd1e816523e69a9067191) but has not yet landed in mainline > >>>> nor been queued for stable so far as I can determine. This patch addresses a > >>>> deadlock in mainline and is a prerequisite for an additional fix required by the > >>>> PREEMPT_RT kernel. Can we get this pulled into 3.4.11 please? > >>> > >>> 3.4.11? It has to hit Linus's tree first. > >>> > >>>> Perhaps I am > >>>> jumping the gun, but this patch was originally pulled on June 19, 2012. > >>> > >>> Remember, we missed a pull cycle for tty due to other problems, I > >>> thought I picked all of the different pieces needed for 3.6, but I must > >>> of missed this one. > >> > >> Nope, it made it, it is commit 2588aba002d14e938c2f56d299ecf3e7ce1302a5. > > > > Doh, I pulled master and stable, but only checked stable. Sigh. My > > apologies Greg. > > > >> > >> Now, do you want that patch in the -stable releases? If so, how far > >> back? :) > > > > Yes, back to 3.0 would be ideal. It needs mangling for 3.2 and back > > though. I will send patches for 3.4, 3.2 and possibly 3.0 following the > > stable_kernel_rules.txt procedure. > > On second thought, there are way too many changes to pch_uart that are > required before this patch can really be applied prior to 3.4. I suspect > these are not all appropriate for -stable. I'd be happy just getting > this into 3.4.11. 2588aba002d14e938c2f56d299ecf3e7ce1302a5 cherry-picks > cleanly to 3.4.
Now queued up for 3.4.y and 3.5.y, thanks.
greg k-h
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