linux-kernel - Re: [linux-usb-devel] [PATCH] bug removing ehci-hcd

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Message-ID: <20070607041924.GA8545@kroah.com>
Date:	Wed, 6 Jun 2007 21:19:24 -0700
From:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
To:	Stuart_Hayes@...l.com
Cc:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, malattia@...ux.it, gregkh@...e.de,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, dbrownell@...rs.sourceforge.net,
	linux-usb-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [linux-usb-devel]  [PATCH] bug removing ehci-hcd

On Thu, May 31, 2007 at 10:26:10AM -0500, Stuart_Hayes@...l.com wrote:
> 
> I wasn't actually able to reproduce the bug myself, but I guess it is
> pretty obvious that I shouldn't have called cpufreq_unregister_notifier
> with a spinlock held.  I haven't been doing this long enough to know
> exactly which kernel this patch should be against, so let me know if
> this ins't good.  Thanks!
> 
> 
> This patch (for the 2.6.21.3 kernel plus previously sent cpufreq
> notifier patch) fixes a bug caused by calling
> cpufreq_unregister_notifier (which can sleep) while holding a spinlock.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Stuart Hayes <stuart_hayes@...l.com>

Hm, this doesn't apply to the 2.6.21.3 kernel.

Can you send both patches merged together?

And is the fix already in Linus's tree?

thanks,

greg k-h
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