From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Tejun Heo Subject: Re: sata_mv port lockup on hotplug (kernel 2.6.38.2) Date: Sat, 11 Jun 2011 14:19:57 +0200 Message-ID: <20110611121957.GA7980@mtj.dyndns.org> References: <20110426135027.GI878@htj.dyndns.org> <20110426155229.GM878@htj.dyndns.org> <20110430140109.GJ29280@htj.dyndns.org> <20110525094127.GF10146@htj.dyndns.org> <4DF20E03.9030502@teksavvy.com> <20110610140155.GJ15235@htj.dyndns.org> <4DF25526.9010800@teksavvy.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from mail-ey0-f174.google.com ([209.85.215.174]:54885 "EHLO mail-ey0-f174.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754852Ab1FKMUA (ORCPT ); Sat, 11 Jun 2011 08:20:00 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4DF25526.9010800@teksavvy.com> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: Mark Lord Cc: Bruce Stenning , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , "linux-ide@vger.kernel.org" , Jeff Garzik On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 01:32:22PM -0400, Mark Lord wrote: > > I don't think it would be wise to include the patch for -stable tho. > > It's not a regression fix and has some possibility of introducing > > regressions, so.... > > Not a regression fix? Excuse me? > SATA hotplug always used to work fine, > and is more or less essential to reboot-free operations. There are two separate patches. One is a fix which got pushed to Linus by Jeff early yesterday. The other changes behavior which has been like that since the beginning of EH. The former is marked properly w/ -stable. The latter shouldn't be in -stable. Thanks. -- tejun