Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 22 Jul 2011 15:04:32 -0700 | From | Andrew Morton <> | Subject | Re: [patch 1/3] rtc: Handle errors correctly in rtc_irq_set_state() |
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On Fri, 22 Jul 2011 09:12:50 -0000 Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> wrote:
> The code checks the correctness of the parameters, but unconditionally > arms/disarms the hrtimer. > > Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> > Cc: stable@kernel.org
The -stable maintainers will want to know why they should merge this.
The maintainers of other trees will wonder whether they should backport it too.
To help them make these decision we should always provide a description of the user-visible effects of the bug, please.
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