RE: [PATCH v2 09/14] ACPICA: Debugger: Fix "quit/exit" command by cleaning up user commands termination logic

From: Zheng, Lv
Date: Tue Oct 20 2015 - 03:14:43 EST


It looks patch 08 is not listed on the https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-acpi/list/.
I just re-sent it, hope it could reach the mailing list this time.
I'll also send it in attachment style via private route to you.

Thanks and best regards
-Lv

> From: linux-acpi-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:linux-acpi-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Zheng, Lv
> Sent: Tuesday, October 20, 2015 10:04 AM
>
> I was using linux-pm.git/linux-next base which I downloaded a week ago.
> Maybe the conflict was caused by the fast-path ACPICA table fix merged after my downloading.
> Let me check again.
>
> Thanks and best regards
> -Lv
>
> > From: Rafael J. Wysocki [mailto:rjw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> > Sent: Tuesday, October 20, 2015 5:04 AM
> >
> > On Monday, October 19, 2015 10:25:32 AM Lv Zheng wrote:
> > > ACPICA commit 0dd68e16274cd38224aa4781eddc57dc2cbaa108
> > >
> > > The quit/exit commands shouldn't invoke acpi_terminate_debugger() and
> > > acpi_terminate() right in the user command loop, because when the debugger
> > > exits, the kernel ACPI subsystem shouldn't be terminated (acpi_terminate())
> > > and the debugger should only be terminated by its users
> > > (acpi_terminate_debugger()) rather than being terminated itself. Leaving such
> > > invocations causes kernel panic when the debugger is shipped in the Linux
> > > kernel.
> > >
> > > This patch fixes this issue. Lv Zheng.
> > >
> > > Link: https://github.com/acpica/acpica/commit/0dd68e16
> > > Signed-off-by: Lv Zheng <lv.zheng@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > Signed-off-by: Bob Moore <robert.moore@xxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > This patch does not apply for me on top of the current mainline.
> >
> > What tree is it applicable to?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Rafael
>
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