From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Greg KH Subject: Re: pull request: wireless 2011-12-15 Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2012 12:52:26 -0800 Message-ID: <20120103205226.GA17131@kroah.com> References: <20111215191523.GA2561@tuxdriver.com> <20111215213822.GB2561@tuxdriver.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Cc: "John W. Linville" , davem@davemloft.net, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org To: =?utf-8?B?UmFmYcWCIE1pxYJlY2tp?= Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org On Mon, Dec 26, 2011 at 12:36:59AM +0100, Rafa=C5=82 Mi=C5=82ecki wrote= : > W dniu 16 grudnia 2011 07:40 u=C5=BCytkownik Rafa=C5=82 Mi=C5=82ecki > napisa=C5=82: > > W dniu 15 grudnia 2011 22:38 u=C5=BCytkownik John W. Linville > > napisa=C5=82: > >> On Thu, Dec 15, 2011 at 09:04:29PM +0100, Rafa=C5=82 Mi=C5=82ecki = wrote: > >>> 2011/12/15 John W. Linville : > >>> > commit 42a3b63bb2ca4996a3d1210a004eae2333f1119e > >>> > > >>> > Dave, > >>> > > >>> > Here are a few more fixes intended for the 3.2 release. =C2=A0T= hey are > >>> > all small and narrowly focused. > >>> > >>> John, I've made a mistake and didn't use [PATCH 3.2] header to ma= ke it > >>> clean my patch is fix. Could you take a look at > >>> [PATCH] bcma: support for suspend and resume > >>> please? > >>> > >>> It's not one-liner, but fixes lock ups, which I believe - we real= ly > >>> want to avoid. > >> > >> It's late in the release cycle, and Dave specifically asked me to = slow down. > >> > >> Are these suspend/resume lockups a regression? =C2=A0Or have they = always > >> been there? =C2=A0Do they happen to everyone? > > > > The bug is present since first days of bcma. That's why I even deci= ded > > to add stable to CC. > > > > Personally I've tested that only on 1 machine (I don't have more > > suspendable machines with mini PCIe slot). However all Macbook 8.1/= 8.2 > > users have to remove b43 & bcma before suspending [0], they complai= n > > about that since ever. > > > > Arend: I know you're also complaining for suspend in bcma. Can you > > comment on this? > > > > [0] http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=3D1695746 >=20 > User nephyrin on #bcm-users has confirmed this patch fixes > suspend&resume for him. Without this patch he got deadlock without > seeing any kernel panic logs - quite an ugly case. >=20 > I still think this patch may be worth taking as fix and backporting t= oo. What patch specifically? What is the git commit id of it in Linus's tree? Without that information, telling stable@ about it is pointless... greg k-h