Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 05 Sep 2012 17:25:48 -0700 | From | Darren Hart <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] pch_uart: Add eg20t_port lock field, avoid recursive spinlocks |
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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.
> > Sorry for the mess,
Looks like it was my mess today :-)
-- Darren Hart Intel Open Source Technology Center Yocto Project - Technical Lead - Linux Kernel
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