Re: [git pull] x86 fixes

Linus Torvalds
2008-12-20T19:16:25Z

On Sat, 20 Dec 2008, Ingo Molnar wrote:
>
> Joerg Roedel (3):
> AMD IOMMU: panic if completion wait loop fails

What's the advantage to this, especially this late in the game?

Now, I tried to google for the message (while ignoring the patches), and
as far as I can tell, it has never happened that google has noticed. But
still, why was this pushed as a "fix"?

Linus