From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>, Greg KH <gregkh@suse.de>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@vger.kernel.org,
akpm@linux-foundation.org, Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
Phil Miller <mille121@illinois.edu>
Subject: Re: [27/27] clockevents: Set noop handler in clockevents_exchange_device()
Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2012 15:23:35 +0100 (CET) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.2.02.1201101522590.3020@ionos> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CA+55aFxzM0DamY13ZP_xnOzvcTfyyZtHFc8gismerqDVvGiuWA@mail.gmail.com>
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On Thu, 29 Dec 2011, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 29, 2011 at 4:09 AM, Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > This is basically the reverse of 7c1e768974 (clockevents: prevent
> > clockevent event_handler ending up handler_noop, 2008-09-03). The
> > rationale for the latter still applies.
>
> Hmm. You seem to be right. Instead of applying this to stable, it
> looks like we should revert it from mainline.
>
> > People have been reporting
> > the analagous patch to this one causing hangs on resume in 3.1.y and
> > 3.2 release candidates:
> >
> > - http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/1233033
> > - http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/1233389
> > - http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/1233159
> > - http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/1227868/focus=1230877
> >
> > So please consider reverting it for now.
>
> Thomas? It does seem to be broken and there do seem to be regression
> reports about it.
>
> Should I revert it, or do you have alternative fixes?
Hmm. I have no idea what broke. Will have a look.
Thanks,
tglx
prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-01-10 14:23 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 34+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-12-07 16:56 [00/27] 2.6.32.50-longterm review Greg KH
2011-12-07 16:54 ` [01/27] i2c-algo-bit: Generate correct i2c address sequence for 10-bit target Greg KH
2011-12-07 16:54 ` [02/27] eCryptfs: Extend array bounds for all filename chars Greg KH
2011-12-07 16:54 ` [03/27] PCI hotplug: shpchp: dont blindly claim non-AMD 0x7450 device IDs Greg KH
2011-12-07 16:54 ` [04/27] ARM: 7161/1: errata: no automatic store buffer drain Greg KH
2011-12-07 16:54 ` [05/27] ALSA: lx6464es - fix device communication via command bus Greg KH
2011-12-07 17:13 ` Tim Blechmann
2011-12-07 16:54 ` [06/27] SUNRPC: Ensure we return EAGAIN in xs_nospace if congestion is cleared Greg KH
2011-12-07 16:54 ` [07/27] timekeeping: add arch_offset hook to ktime_get functions Greg KH
2011-12-07 16:54 ` [08/27] p54spi: Add missing spin_lock_init Greg KH
2011-12-07 16:54 ` [09/27] p54spi: Fix workqueue deadlock Greg KH
2011-12-07 16:54 ` [10/27] nl80211: fix MAC address validation Greg KH
2011-12-07 16:54 ` [11/27] gro: reset vlan_tci on reuse Greg KH
2011-12-07 16:54 ` [12/27] staging: usbip: bugfix for deadlock Greg KH
2011-12-07 16:54 ` [13/27] staging: comedi: fix oops for USB DAQ devices Greg KH
2011-12-07 16:54 ` [14/27] Staging: comedi: fix signal handling in read and write Greg KH
2011-12-07 16:54 ` [15/27] USB: whci-hcd: fix endian conversion in qset_clear() Greg KH
2011-12-07 16:54 ` [16/27] usb: ftdi_sio: add PID for Propox ISPcable III Greg KH
2011-12-07 16:54 ` [17/27] usb: option: add SIMCom SIM5218 Greg KH
2011-12-07 16:54 ` [18/27] USB: usb-storage: unusual_devs entry for Kingston DT 101 G2 Greg KH
2011-12-07 16:54 ` [19/27] SCSI: scsi_lib: fix potential NULL dereference Greg KH
2011-12-07 16:54 ` [20/27] SCSI: Silencing killing requests for dead queue Greg KH
2011-12-07 16:54 ` [21/27] cifs: fix cifs stable patch cifs-fix-oplock-break-handling-try-2.patch Greg KH
2011-12-07 16:54 ` [22/27] sched, x86: Avoid unnecessary overflow in sched_clock Greg KH
2011-12-07 16:54 ` [23/27] x86/mpparse: Account for bus types other than ISA and PCI Greg KH
2011-12-07 16:54 ` [24/27] oprofile, x86: Fix crash when unloading module (nmi timer mode) Greg KH
2011-12-07 16:54 ` [25/27] genirq: Fix race condition when stopping the irq thread Greg KH
2011-12-07 16:54 ` [26/27] tick-broadcast: Stop active broadcast device when replacing it Greg KH
2011-12-07 16:55 ` [27/27] clockevents: Set noop handler in clockevents_exchange_device() Greg KH
2011-12-29 12:09 ` Jonathan Nieder
2011-12-30 1:05 ` Linus Torvalds
2011-12-30 15:07 ` Tim Gardner
[not found] ` <CA++bM2uqcWFM6=WdmrusmugQw2nH_KDyySKH+1qyr8GK0Cq14A@mail.gmail.com>
2012-01-05 10:27 ` Feng Tang
2012-01-10 14:23 ` Thomas Gleixner [this message]
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