From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail.linuxfoundation.org ([140.211.169.12]:52640 "EHLO mail.linuxfoundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751633AbcI1GIe (ORCPT ); Wed, 28 Sep 2016 02:08:34 -0400 Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2016 08:08:38 +0200 From: Greg KH To: "Charles (Chas) Williams" Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org, Prarit Bhargava , Bob Moore , Lv Zheng , "Rafael J. Wysocki" Subject: Re: [PATCH 4.4.y] ACPICA: acpi_get_sleep_type_data: Reduce warnings Message-ID: <20160928060838.GC26329@kroah.com> References: <1475014111-11424-1-git-send-email-ciwillia@brocade.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1475014111-11424-1-git-send-email-ciwillia@brocade.com> Sender: stable-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Tue, Sep 27, 2016 at 06:08:31PM -0400, Charles (Chas) Williams wrote: > From: Prarit Bhargava > > commit a59b679ab85635737947310323f2f2bcfa0664a7 upstream. > > ACPICA commit 7bb77313091e52a846df4c9c2bea90be31bfb9d8 > > Eliminate warnings for "not found" _Sx errors, since these > are optional. Original NOT_FOUND status is still returned. > > Original changes by Prarit Bhargava. > ACPICA BZ 1208. > > Link: https://github.com/acpica/acpica/commit/7bb77313 > Link: https://bugs.acpica.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1208 > Signed-off-by: Prarit Bhargava > Signed-off-by: Bob Moore > Signed-off-by: Lv Zheng > Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki > Signed-off-by: Chas Williams > --- > drivers/acpi/acpica/hwxface.c | 24 +++++++++++++++++------- > 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) Why is this a patch needed for 4.4-stable? What is it solving? It looks like it just maybe reduces some warning messages in the kernel log? I need an ack from the ACPI maintainers before I can take such a thing... thanks, greg k-h