From: jason@lakedaemon.net (Jason Cooper)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH v3 0/9] refactoring for mask_cache
Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2013 07:06:20 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20130319110620.GO13280@titan.lakedaemon.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20130319100352.GB2419@localhost>
On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 07:03:53AM -0300, Ezequiel Garcia wrote:
> Hi Gerlando,
>
> On Mon, Mar 18, 2013 at 03:00:46PM +0100, Gerlando Falauto wrote:
> > here is a patchset to address the issue found with Orion, in incremental
> > stages as Thomas suggested.
> > a) we introduce the new fields and pointer (though only the shared one is used)
> > b) we convert all drivers to use it
> > c) we rename the field so to force the use of the per-ct pointer
> > d) we add per-ct mask cache, provided the new flag
> > IRQ_GC_SEPARATE_MASK_REGISTERS is enabled
> > e) we enable the flag for orion-gpio and mvebu drivers
> >
> > So even though I'm also providing changes for mvebu, I only
> > tested the patch on a 3.0.40 kernel with the plat-orion/gpio.c driver.
>
> Great job! Since this is a really old bug you're fixing I believe that the
> patchset applies for stable as well as mainline.
>
> According to Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt all you need to do
> is add a 'Cc: stable at vger.kernel.org' tag in your sign-off area.
>
> Stable people will take care of picking the patch when it hits
> mainline. You should receive a mail notification about patches
> being included in stable kernels.
Yes, and if you have an idea of when the regression was introduced,
perhaps even which commit, that would be *extremely* helpful.
Otherwise, the stable folks have to expend a lot of time tracking it
down.
thx,
Jason.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-03-19 11:06 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 45+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-03-14 16:10 [PATCH] genirq: allow an alternative setup for the mask cache Holger Brunck
2013-03-14 17:45 ` Simon Guinot
2013-03-15 10:43 ` Holger Brunck
2013-03-15 11:02 ` Thomas Gleixner
2013-03-15 16:26 ` Gerlando Falauto
2013-03-15 19:55 ` Thomas Gleixner
2013-03-14 19:08 ` Thomas Gleixner
2013-03-14 19:42 ` Ezequiel Garcia
2013-03-18 11:05 ` Gerlando Falauto
2013-03-15 19:36 ` [PATCH v2 0/2] refactoring for mask_cache Gerlando Falauto
2013-03-15 19:36 ` [PATCH 1/2] genirq: cosmetic: remove cur_regs Gerlando Falauto
2013-03-15 19:36 ` [PATCH 2/2] genirq: move mask_cache into struct irq_chip_type Gerlando Falauto
2013-03-15 20:47 ` Thomas Gleixner
2013-03-18 7:59 ` Gerlando Falauto
2013-03-18 8:56 ` Thomas Gleixner
2013-03-15 21:25 ` [PATCH v2 0/2] refactoring for mask_cache Andrew Lunn
2013-03-15 23:34 ` Simon Guinot
2013-03-18 14:00 ` [PATCH v3 0/9] " Gerlando Falauto
2013-03-18 14:00 ` [PATCH v3 1/9] genirq: cosmetic: remove cur_regs Gerlando Falauto
2013-03-18 14:00 ` [PATCH v3 2/9] genirq: add mask_cache and pmask_cache into struct irq_chip_type Gerlando Falauto
2013-03-19 11:32 ` Thomas Gleixner
2013-03-18 14:00 ` [PATCH v3 3/9] gpio: mvebu: convert to usage of *pmask_cache within irq_chip_type Gerlando Falauto
2013-03-18 14:00 ` [PATCH v3 4/9] MIPS: JZ4740: " Gerlando Falauto
2013-03-18 14:00 ` [PATCH v3 5/9] ARM: SAMSUNG: " Gerlando Falauto
2013-03-18 14:00 ` [PATCH v3 6/9] genirq: rename mask_cache to shared_mask_cache Gerlando Falauto
2013-03-18 14:00 ` [PATCH v3 7/9] genirq: handle separate mask registers Gerlando Falauto
2013-03-18 14:00 ` [PATCH v3 8/9] orion-gpio: enable IRQ_GC_SEPARATE_MASK_REGISTERS Gerlando Falauto
2013-03-18 14:00 ` [PATCH v3 9/9] gpio: mvebu: " Gerlando Falauto
2013-03-18 14:28 ` [PATCH v3 0/9] refactoring for mask_cache Simon Guinot
2013-03-18 14:39 ` Simon Guinot
2013-03-19 10:03 ` Ezequiel Garcia
2013-03-19 10:09 ` Gerlando Falauto
2013-03-19 11:25 ` Ezequiel Garcia
2013-03-19 11:06 ` Jason Cooper [this message]
2013-03-19 11:10 ` Gerlando Falauto
2013-03-19 11:44 ` Jason Cooper
2013-03-19 11:56 ` Jason Cooper
2013-03-20 17:40 ` Gerlando Falauto
2013-03-20 21:42 ` Thomas Gleixner
2013-03-21 10:37 ` Gerlando Falauto
2013-03-21 10:59 ` Simon Guinot
2013-03-19 11:19 ` Ezequiel Garcia
2013-03-21 10:51 ` Simon Guinot
2013-03-21 11:24 ` Gerlando Falauto
2013-04-04 9:31 ` Ezequiel Garcia
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