From: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
To: "Will Newton" <will.newton@gmail.com>
Cc: "David Brownell" <david-b@pacbell.net>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, alex.williamson@hp.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] serial 8250: tighten test for using backup timer
Date: Mon, 1 Sep 2008 10:56:41 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20080901105641.4f4d9509.akpm@linux-foundation.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87a5b0800809010636m227bce15y59d8bb988a601802@mail.gmail.com>
On Mon, 1 Sep 2008 14:36:56 +0100 "Will Newton" <will.newton@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 6:58 PM, Andrew Morton
> <akpm@linux-foundation.org> wrote:
> > On Tue, 26 Aug 2008 10:45:34 -0700
> > David Brownell <david-b@pacbell.net> wrote:
> >
> >> > > Also, how serious is the problem which is being fixed here? It
> >> > > _sounds_ like it's of the "fatal for people who have that hardware"
> >> > > variety, in which case we should get this into 2.6.27 and probably
> >> > > 2.6.26.x. Not sure about 2.5.26.x though - the patch doesn't apply
> >> > > there, but I didn't check whether this is due to functional changes.
> >> >
> >> > For users of this version of this particular UART IP it is fatal. From
> >> > looking at the git history it looks like the original patch went into
> >> > 2.6.26 so it might also affect that kernel.
> >>
> >> Second that: serial-8250-tighten-test-for-using-backup-timer.patch
> >> (from MMOTM) in mainline sooner-not-later seems right.
> >
> > ok, if you think so...
> >
> > I still have an unanswered question out there about the init_timer()
> > handling in that area of the driver but afaict this patch didn't make any
> > of it worse than it already is.
>
> Any update on this situation? I'd really like this patch to get into 2.6.27.
yup, I plan to include the patch in my next batch for 2.6.27.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-09-01 17:57 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-08-26 17:45 [PATCH] serial 8250: tighten test for using backup timer David Brownell
2008-08-26 17:58 ` Andrew Morton
2008-08-26 18:10 ` Will Newton
2008-09-01 13:36 ` Will Newton
2008-09-01 17:56 ` Andrew Morton [this message]
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2008-03-19 16:50 Alex Williamson
2008-08-05 11:44 ` Will Newton
2008-08-05 20:06 ` Alex Williamson
2008-08-06 10:53 ` Will Newton
2008-08-11 21:32 ` Andrew Morton
2008-08-12 8:32 ` Will Newton
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