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From: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
To: Schrempf Frieder <frieder.schrempf@kontron.de>
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Subject: Re: Backport cd7f3a249dbe (rtc: snvs: Add timeouts to avoid kernel
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On Wed, Dec 19, 2018 at 04:47:39PM +0000, Schrempf Frieder wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I want to ask for the changes in cd7f3a249dbe (rtc: snvs: Add timeouts
>to avoid kernel lockups) to be backported to the stable releases.
>
>The reason is, that this patch fixes a real bug, that can cause the
>kernel to lock up. I can reproduce this lockup reliably with an i.MX6UL,
>PREEMPTIVE_RT_FULL enabled and v4.14.89.

Queued for <= 4.14, thank you.

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Thanks,
Sasha