linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH v2 0/4] ACPI 2.0: Enable TermList interpretion for table loading

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Date:	Sun, 12 Jun 2016 01:02:57 +0000
From:	"Zheng, Lv" <lv.zheng@...el.com>
To:	"Wysocki, Rafael J" <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>
CC:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>,
	"Brown, Len" <len.brown@...el.com>, Lv Zheng <zetalog@...il.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org" <linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH v2 0/4] ACPI 2.0: Enable TermList interpretion for table
 loading

Hi,

> From: Wysocki, Rafael J
> Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/4] ACPI 2.0: Enable TermList interpretion for
> table loading
> 
> On 5/20/2016 2:57 AM, Zheng, Lv wrote:
> > Hi, Rafael
> >
> >> From: rjwysocki@...il.com [mailto:rjwysocki@...il.com] On Behalf
> Of
> >> Rafael J. Wysocki
> >> Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/4] ACPI 2.0: Enable TermList interpretion for
> table
> >> loading
> >>
> >> On Tue, May 17, 2016 at 2:29 AM, Zheng, Lv <lv.zheng@...el.com>
> wrote:
> >>> Hi, Rafael
> >>>
> >>> Can we queue this up in linux-next?
> >>> ASLTS recursive tests are done in ACPICA upstream and no regressions
> can be
> >> seen.
> >>> We need more tests around this experimental change from the real
> users to
> >> have the chances to learn the unknown cases.
> >>> If they reported regressions, we could stop the regressions by
> reverting
> >> [PATCH 4/4].
> >>> So it should be safe to do such experiments in the Linux upstream.
> >>> Thanks in advance.
> >> There is a rule that during a merge window linux-next should only
> >> contain material for that merge window.  That is, currently linux-next
> >> should only contain material targeted at v4.7.
> >>
> >> For this reason, I can't put the series into linux-next right now, but
> >> I'll do that as soon as 4.7-rc1 is released.
> > [Lv Zheng]
> > Great!
> > Thanks for the information.
> 
> Unfortunately, it is reported that the series actually causes problems
> to happen.
> 
> I sent you a CC of my response to the report in question earlier today.
[Lv Zheng] 
Could the problem be stopped by reverting PATCH 4/4?
Let me check with the reporter to learn the case.

Thanks and best regards
-Lv