linux-kernel - Re: [stable] patch sparc64-make-prom-entry-spinlock-nmi-safe.patch added to 2.6.32-stable tree

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Date:	Tue, 30 Mar 2010 13:05:22 -0700
From:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
To:	Stefan Bader <stefan.bader@...onical.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable-commits@...r.kernel.org,
	gregkh@...e.de, davem@...emloft.net, stable@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [stable] patch sparc64-make-prom-entry-spinlock-nmi-safe.patch
	added to 2.6.32-stable tree

On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 02:07:42PM +0200, Stefan Bader wrote:
> This converted the raw_spinlock usage which is used in the upstream patch but
> not available in 2.6.32 to normal spinlock usage. Should it get annotated to
> document that?

why, you obviously figured that out :)

It's not the normal thing to do for backports otherwise we would be here
all day long...

thanks,

greg k-h
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