From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail.linuxfoundation.org (mail.linuxfoundation.org [140.211.169.12]) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1B49BB6EEC for ; Tue, 6 Mar 2012 07:37:18 +1100 (EST) Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2012 12:37:14 -0800 From: Andrew Morton To: Alexandre Bounine Subject: Re: [PATCH] rapidio/tsi721: fix bug in inbound doorbell handler Message-Id: <20120305123714.0750129e.akpm@linux-foundation.org> In-Reply-To: <1330979585-29429-1-git-send-email-alexandre.bounine@idt.com> References: <1330979585-29429-1-git-send-email-alexandre.bounine@idt.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Cc: Chul Kim , linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , On Mon, 5 Mar 2012 15:33:05 -0500 Alexandre Bounine wrote: > Fixes queue wrapping bug in Inbound Doorbell handling routine. The changelog doesn't describe the user-visible impact of the bug. Please always include this so that people know whether to backport the fix into their kernels, and so they can determine whether the patch will fix a problem which they are observing. From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1030177Ab2CEUhR (ORCPT ); Mon, 5 Mar 2012 15:37:17 -0500 Received: from mail.linuxfoundation.org ([140.211.169.12]:59993 "EHLO mail.linuxfoundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932294Ab2CEUhQ (ORCPT ); Mon, 5 Mar 2012 15:37:16 -0500 Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2012 12:37:14 -0800 From: Andrew Morton To: Alexandre Bounine Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org, Chul Kim , Matt Porter Subject: Re: [PATCH] rapidio/tsi721: fix bug in inbound doorbell handler Message-Id: <20120305123714.0750129e.akpm@linux-foundation.org> In-Reply-To: <1330979585-29429-1-git-send-email-alexandre.bounine@idt.com> References: <1330979585-29429-1-git-send-email-alexandre.bounine@idt.com> X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.0.2 (GTK+ 2.20.1; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, 5 Mar 2012 15:33:05 -0500 Alexandre Bounine wrote: > Fixes queue wrapping bug in Inbound Doorbell handling routine. The changelog doesn't describe the user-visible impact of the bug. Please always include this so that people know whether to backport the fix into their kernels, and so they can determine whether the patch will fix a problem which they are observing.