Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 1 Sep 2008 10:56:41 -0700 | From | Andrew Morton <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] serial 8250: tighten test for using backup timer |
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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.
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