Re: [BUG] ACPI resource validation not working [Was: Re: ITE 8728F]

[Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>]

On Mon, 12 Dec 2011 21:12:45 +0100, Jean Delvare wrote:
> On Mon, 12 Dec 2011 20:42:50 +0800, Lin Ming wrote:
> > On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 5:37 PM, Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> wrote:
> > > I have no objection for an upstream patch, but the main problem we have
> > > at the moment is with already released kernels. Versions 2.6.39, 3.0
> > > and 3.1 currently have a regression as the ACPI resource conflict
> > > checks are inefficient, and this allows conflicting drivers to be
> > > loaded together. So you are free to reimplement things differently in
> > > version 3.2 and later, but for these 3 older versions we need the
> > > smallest possible patch, so that it is accepted in stable branches.
> > >
> > > In other words, I would like two patches, one just adding back the code
> > > that was accidentally dropped, and a second one moving things around if
> > > you think it makes sense (and I tend to agree.) That way we can easily
> > > backport only the first patch to kernel versions 2.6.39 to 3.1.
> > 
> > Sure.
> > 
> > I have send out the patch.
> > 
> > [PATCH] ACPICA: Put back the call to acpi_os_validate_address
> > http://marc.info/?l=linux-acpi&m=132257617527119&w=2
> 
> Perfect, thank you!

I still don't see this important fix upstream. Len, can you please get
it there quickly, so that it can propagate to stable kernels from there?

Thanks,
-- 
Jean Delvare