linux-kernel - Re: [PULL] clockevents: fixes for 4.3-rc7

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Date:	Fri, 30 Oct 2015 10:53:09 +0100
From:	Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org>
To:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc:	Magnus Damm <damm+renesas@...nsource.se>,
	Jisheng Zhang <jszhang@...vell.com>,
	Matthias Brugger <matthias.bgg@...il.com>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PULL] clockevents: fixes for 4.3-rc7

On 10/30/2015 10:43 AM, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> On Wed, 28 Oct 2015, Daniel Lezcano wrote:
>> this pull request contains a set of fixes for tip/timers/urgent:
>>
>>   - Prevent ftrace recursion by adding the 'notrace' attribute to the
>> sched_clock read callback (Jisheng Zhang).
>>
>>   - Fix multiple shutdown call issue (Magnus Damm).
>>
>> Beside that, the commit fc686d0037d782c994e338ecb01bfef8bbafff9f:
>>
>> "clockevents/drivers/mtk: Fix spurious interrupt leading to crash"
>>
>> is merged in tip/timers/core but it is needed also as a fix for 4.3. This pull
>> request does not contain this fix in order to prevent a conflict when merging
>> tip/timers/urgent into tip/timers/core.
>>
>> How shall I backport this fix from 'core' to 'urgent' without bringing a
>> conflict when you will merge both branches ?
>
> The simplest way is to just do nothing and when that commit hits linus
> tree during the merge window, ask the stable folks to pick it up.

Ok, makes sense.

Thanks !

   -- Daniel


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