linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 09/14] ACPICA: Debugger: Fix "quit/exit" command by cleaning up user commands termination logic

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Date:	Mon, 19 Oct 2015 23:04:03 +0200
From:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>
To:	Lv Zheng <lv.zheng@...el.com>
Cc:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>,
	Len Brown <len.brown@...el.com>, Lv Zheng <zetalog@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org,
	Bob Moore <robert.moore@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 09/14] ACPICA: Debugger: Fix "quit/exit" command by cleaning up user commands termination logic

On Monday, October 19, 2015 10:25:32 AM Lv Zheng wrote:
> ACPICA commit 0dd68e16274cd38224aa4781eddc57dc2cbaa108
> 
> The quit/exit commands shouldn't invoke acpi_terminate_debugger() and
> acpi_terminate() right in the user command loop, because when the debugger
> exits, the kernel ACPI subsystem shouldn't be terminated (acpi_terminate())
> and the debugger should only be terminated by its users
> (acpi_terminate_debugger()) rather than being terminated itself. Leaving such
> invocations causes kernel panic when the debugger is shipped in the Linux
> kernel.
> 
> This patch fixes this issue. Lv Zheng.
> 
> Link: https://github.com/acpica/acpica/commit/0dd68e16
> Signed-off-by: Lv Zheng <lv.zheng@...el.com>
> Signed-off-by: Bob Moore <robert.moore@...el.com>

This patch does not apply for me on top of the current mainline.

What tree is it applicable to?

Thanks,
Rafael

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