linux-kernel - Re: [Cbe-oss-dev] powerpc/cell/oprofile: fix mutex locking for spu-oprofile

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Date:	Mon, 13 Oct 2008 17:13:07 +0200
From:	Robert Richter <robert.richter@....com>
To:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
CC:	linuxppc-dev@...abs.org, Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	oprofile-list@...ts.sourceforge.net, cel <cel@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	cbe-oss-dev@...abs.org, benh@...nel.crashing.org
Subject: Re: [Cbe-oss-dev] powerpc/cell/oprofile: fix mutex locking for
	spu-oprofile

On 13.10.08 16:53:28, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Monday 25 August 2008, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> > On Monday 25 August 2008, Paul Mackerras wrote:
> > > 
> > > > Since rc4 is out now, I understand if you feel more comfortable with
> > > > putting the patch into -next instead of -merge.
> > > 
> > > Linus has been getting stricter about only putting in fixes for
> > > regressions and serious bugs (see his recent email to Dave Airlie on
> > > LKML for instance).  I assume that the corruption is just in the data
> > > that is supplied to userspace and doesn't extend to any kernel data
> > > structures.
> > 
> > That's right, please queue it for -next then.
> 
> I just realized that this patch never made it into powerpc-next after
> all, neither benh nor paulus version. Whoever is handling it today,
> could you please pull
> 
>  master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arnd/cell-2.6.git merge
> 
> to get this commit below. I have rebased it on top of the current
> benh/powerpc/next branch.

All powerpc oprofile patches are in this branch:

git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rric/oprofile.git powerpc-for-paul

Pending patches are:

Carl Love (1):
      powerpc/cell/oprofile: fix mutex locking for spu-oprofile

Roel Kluin (1):
      powerpc/cell/oprofile: vma_map: fix test on overlay_tbl_offset

Please pull from there.

-Robert

-- 
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
Operating System Research Center
email: robert.richter@....com

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