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Subject: Re: [PATCH] powerpc: Add isync to copy_and_flush
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On Wed, 2013-04-24 at 20:30 +1000, Michael Neuling wrote:
> benh: we should get this in 3.9 ASAP.

Considering that the bug has been there *forever* I don't think I have a
real standing to try to shove it down Linus throat as a "regression
fix" :-)

I'll put the fix in 3.10 and let it trickle down to stable.

Cheers,
Ben.