linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] x86 fixes

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Message-ID: <20110531181650.GA1854@gere.osrc.amd.com>
Date:	Tue, 31 May 2011 20:16:50 +0200
From:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...64.org>
To:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] x86 fixes

On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 09:35:09AM -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
> On Tue, 2011-05-31 at 18:30 +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> > diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/process.c b/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
> []
> > @@ -642,7 +642,7 @@ static int __init idle_setup(char *str)
> >  		boot_option_idle_override = IDLE_POLL;
> >  	} else if (!strcmp(str, "mwait")) {
> >  		boot_option_idle_override = IDLE_FORCE_MWAIT;
> > -		WARN_ONCE(1, "\idle=mwait\" will be removed in 2012\"\n");
> > +		WARN_ONCE(1, "\"idle=mwait\" will be removed in 2012\"\n");
> 
> Extra quote at end.  More likely you want:
> 
> 		WARN_ONCE(1, "\"idle=mwait\" will be removed in 2012\n");

Crap, there's no fixing this string :)

Reportedly, there's another fix from Len:

lkml.kernel.org/r/20110531101934.2737dc90.sfr@...b.auug.org.au

which is more complete. Ingo, you could drop this one.

Thanks.

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