linux-kernel - Re: 2.6.24-rc1: OOPS at acpi_battery

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Date:	Fri, 09 Nov 2007 12:36:43 +0300
From:	Alexey Starikovskiy <astarikovskiy@...e.de>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
CC:	rjw@...k.pl, hannes-kernel@...urebad.de, listen@...fservix.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org,
	Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: 2.6.24-rc1: OOPS at  acpi_battery_update

Andrew Morton wrote:
> A> On Thu, 08 Nov 2007 19:35:23 +0300 Alexey Starikovskiy <astarikovskiy@...e.de> wrote:
>> [remove_cycle_at_battery_removal.patch  text/x-patch (1.7KB)]
>> ACPI: Battery: remove cycle from battery removal.
>>
>> From: Alexey Starikovskiy <astarikovskiy@...e.de>
>>
>> get_property() should not call battery_update() on absent battery to
>> avoid cycle and oops.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Alexey Starikovskiy <astarikovskiy@...e.de>
>> Tested-by: Rolf Eike Beer <eike-kernel@...tec.de>
> 
> A patch similar to this one but with an identical changelog was merged into
> Len's tree on November 2.
> 
> If it had been promptly merged into mainline then quite a lot of people's
> time would not have been wasted.
> 
Andrew,
should I send such patches directly to you/Linus?

Regards,
Alex
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