linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] PCI Hotplug: acpiphp: cleanup notify handler on all root bridges

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Message-Id: <200807021141.24600.jbarnes@virtuousgeek.org>
Date:	Wed, 2 Jul 2008 11:41:23 -0700
From:	Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@...tuousgeek.org>
To:	Alex Chiang <achiang@...com>
Cc:	kristen.c.accardi@...el.com, garyhade@...ibm.com,
	linux-pci@...r.kernel-org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] PCI Hotplug: acpiphp: cleanup notify handler on all root bridges

On Tuesday, July 01, 2008 7:02 pm Alex Chiang wrote:
> Hi Jesse, Kristen,
>
> During the development of the physical PCI slot patch series,
> Gary Hade kept on reporting strange oopses due to interactions
> between pci_slot and acpiphp.
>
> 	http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/11/28/319
>
> He got busy and went away for a while, and that's when I was able
> to sneak my patchset into Jesse's linux-next branch. ;)
>
> Recently, Gary got some time to test again on his x3950 M2
> system, and together, we finally figured out the oops.
>
> This bug has always been present in acpiphp so it's not a
> regression. So if you want to hold off until the next merge
> window, I'm ok with that.
>
> Otherwise, I feel it's pretty low-risk and could go into the next
> -rc. Totally your call, I have no strong feelings either way.

given that it fixes some pretty bad behavior, I went ahead and pushed this 
into my pull request for Linus.  Thanks for cleaning it up, the hotplug code 
is looking much better these days thanks to yours and Kenji-san's efforts.

Jesse
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