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:	Tue, 20 Oct 2015 02:03:35 +0000
From:	"Zheng, Lv" <lv.zheng@...el.com>
To:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>
CC:	"Wysocki, Rafael J" <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>,
	"Brown, Len" <len.brown@...el.com>, Lv Zheng <zetalog@...il.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org" <linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Moore, Robert" <robert.moore@...el.com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH v2 09/14] ACPICA: Debugger: Fix "quit/exit" command by
 cleaning up user commands termination logic

I was using linux-pm.git/linux-next base which I downloaded a week ago.
Maybe the conflict was caused by the fast-path ACPICA table fix merged after my downloading.
Let me check again.

Thanks and best regards
-Lv

> From: Rafael J. Wysocki [mailto:rjw@...ysocki.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 20, 2015 5:04 AM
> 
> 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