Re: [PATCH] ARM: cache-v7: Disable preemption when reading CCSIDR

From: Rabin Vincent
Date: Tue Feb 14 2012 - 09:23:40 EST


On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 11:29:01PM +0000, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 02:23:29PM -0800, Stephen Boyd wrote:
> > On 02/13/12 10:15, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
> > > On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 10:13:27AM -0800, Stephen Boyd wrote:
> > >> Thanks. Russell has already merged the original patch to the fixes
> > >> branch. Hopefully he can fold this one in.
> > > Nope, I've asked Linus to pull it.
> > >
> > > So do we conclude that the original patch wasn't properly tested? :P
> >
> > Sigh. Lockdep strikes again! I promise I tested it with lockdep disabled.
> >
> > It looks like Linus' hasn't pulled yet but maybe he just hasn't
> > published it.
>
> It's not nice to change something after you've sent a pull request -
> there's no way of knowing when Linus actually pulls it before he's
> published it, and if he gets something different then it can raise
> questions.
>
> So, it's gone in as-is, and, as I'm now intending asking for another
> pull request soo soon after my previous one, this is something that
> we will have to live with probably for the remainder of the week.

OK, since it can't be folded in, here is a proper patch:

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