Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 21 Jun 2011 09:24:27 -0700 | From | Greg KH <> | Subject | Re: [stable] [PATCH v2] msm: timer: compensate for timer shift in msm_read_timer_count |
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On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 04:27:16PM -0700, David Brown wrote: > On Mon, Jun 20 2011, Greg KH wrote: > > > On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 01:55:38PM -0700, Jeff Ohlstein wrote: > >> Some msm targets have timers whose lower bits are unreliable. So, we > >> present our timers as lower frequency than they actually are, and ignore > >> the bottom 5 bits on such targets. This compensation was erroneously > >> removed from the msm_read_timer_count function, so restore it. > >> > >> This was broken by 94790ec25 "msm: timer: SMP timer support for msm". > >> > >> Signed-off-by: Jeff Ohlstein <johlstei@codeaurora.org> > >> --- > >> arch/arm/mach-msm/timer.c | 6 +++++- > >> 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) > >> > > > > <formletter> > > > > This is not the correct way to submit patches for inclusion in the > > stable kernel tree. Please read Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt > > for how to do this properly. > > > > </formletter> > > I don't think this patch was intended for stable in the first place. > Jeff, this is a fix for 3.0-rcx, right?
Then why was it sent to stable@kernel.org?
confused,
greg k-h
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