linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] oprofile, arm: proper release resources on failure

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Message-ID: <1285781578.22669.4.camel@e102144-lin.cambridge.arm.com>
Date:	Wed, 29 Sep 2010 18:32:58 +0100
From:	Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>
To:	Robert Richter <robert.richter@....com>
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] oprofile, arm: proper release resources on failure

Robert,

On Wed, 2010-09-29 at 17:59 +0100, Robert Richter wrote:
> On 29.09.10 18:50:27, Robert Richter wrote:
> 
> > > Hmm, these three hunks conflict with the patches I posted last
> > > month to fix the resource allocation and freeing. Can't we
> > > merge those patches instead? I have versions against -rc6 here:
> >
> > Yes, these patches are also in my oprofile/core branch and its changes
> > conflict, but are scheduled for the next merge window. This fix is for
> > urgent and for 2.6.36. We will then merge back rc7 or 2.6.36 to
> > oprofile/core and solve the conflicts. But if you don't have something
> > else for -rc7/.36 that conflicts, this should be ok.
> 
> So, it would be ok then to test only this fix on -rc6 without your
> other patches.
> 

Gotcha - this is a minimal fixup for -stable which we'll tackle properly
in the merge window with the stuff in oprofile/core. In that case I'm
happy for this to go upstream now:

Acked-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>


I also built an -rc6 kernel with this change on top and OProfile worked
happily across module loads/unloads.

As for oprofile/core; will you handle the conflicts there or do I need
to resend my previous patches?

Cheers,

Will

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