Re: [PATCH 1/2] PM / wakeup: Remove timer from wakeup_source_remove()

Pavel Machek
2019-03-12T09:04:37Z

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On Tue 2019-03-12 08:58:02, Viresh Kumar wrote:
> On 11-03-19, 13:05, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> > On Friday, March 8, 2019 10:53:11 AM CET Viresh Kumar wrote:
> > > wakeup_source_remove() is the counterpart of wakeup_source_add() helper
> > > and must undo the initializations done by wakeup_source_add(). Currently
> > > the timer is initialized by wakeup_source_add() but removed from
> > > wakeup_source_drop(), which doesn't look logically correct. Also it
> > > should be okay to call wakeup_source_add() right after calling
> > > wakeup_source_remove(), and in that case we may end up calling
> > > timer_setup() for a potentially scheduled timer which is surely
> > > incorrect.
> > >
> > > Move the timer removal part to wakeup_source_remove() instead.

> >
> > I've merged it with the [2/2], rewritten the subject and changelog and
> > queued the result as commit d856f39ac1cc ("PM / wakeup: Rework wakeup
> > source timer cancellation").
>
> Okay, thanks. We (Android guys) want this to be backported into 4.4+
> kernels via the stable tree. Can we mark this for stable in the commit
> itself ? Else I would be required to send this separately for all the
> kernels. I should have marked it for stable initially though, sorry
> about forgetting then.

Greg is normally pretty agressive about backporting everything
remotely looking like a fix...

But better changelog would help. How is the bug actually affecting
users?

Best regards,
Pavel
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