linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 0/4] ACPI 2.0: Enable TermList interpretion for table loading

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Date:	Fri, 10 Jun 2016 03:05:14 +0200
From:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>
To:	"Zheng, Lv" <lv.zheng@...el.com>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>
Cc:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>,
	"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>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/4] ACPI 2.0: Enable TermList interpretion for table
 loading

On 5/20/2016 2:57 AM, Zheng, Lv wrote:
> Hi, Rafael
>
>> From: rjwysocki@...il.com [mailto:rjwysocki@...il.com] On Behalf Of
>> Rafael J. Wysocki
>> Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/4] ACPI 2.0: Enable TermList interpretion for table
>> loading
>>
>> On Tue, May 17, 2016 at 2:29 AM, Zheng, Lv <lv.zheng@...el.com> wrote:
>>> Hi, Rafael
>>>
>>> Can we queue this up in linux-next?
>>> ASLTS recursive tests are done in ACPICA upstream and no regressions can be
>> seen.
>>> We need more tests around this experimental change from the real users to
>> have the chances to learn the unknown cases.
>>> If they reported regressions, we could stop the regressions by reverting
>> [PATCH 4/4].
>>> So it should be safe to do such experiments in the Linux upstream.
>>> Thanks in advance.
>> There is a rule that during a merge window linux-next should only
>> contain material for that merge window.  That is, currently linux-next
>> should only contain material targeted at v4.7.
>>
>> For this reason, I can't put the series into linux-next right now, but
>> I'll do that as soon as 4.7-rc1 is released.
> [Lv Zheng]
> Great!
> Thanks for the information.

Unfortunately, it is reported that the series actually causes problems 
to happen.

I sent you a CC of my response to the report in question earlier today.

Thanks,
Rafael