linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] cciss: do not attempt to read from a write-only register

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Message-ID: <4E2AB48C.5070801@kernel.dk>
Date:	Sat, 23 Jul 2011 13:46:20 +0200
From:	Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
CC:	"Stephen M. Cameron" <scameron@...rdog.cce.hp.com>,
	stephenmcameron@...il.com, mikem@...rdog.cce.hp.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, thenzl@...hat.com, stable@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] cciss: do not attempt to read from a write-only  register

On 2011-07-23 00:39, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Thu, 21 Jul 2011 13:16:01 -0500
> "Stephen M. Cameron" <scameron@...rdog.cce.hp.com> wrote:
> 
>> From: Stephen M. Cameron <scameron@...rdog.cce.hp.com>
>>
>> Most smartarrays will tolerate it, but some new ones don't.
>> Without this change some newer Smart Arrays will lock up
>> and i/o will grind to a halt.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Stephen M. Cameron <scameron@...rdog.cce.hp.com>
> 
> No Cc: <stable@...nel.org>?

Patch is already queued up in for-3.1/drivers since July 9th, and I also
marked it stable.

-- 
Jens Axboe

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