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

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Message-ID: <f045353d-7716-007c-a430-10c4aa15592c@intel.com>
Date:	Tue, 14 Jun 2016 00:59:50 +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 6/12/2016 3:02 AM, Zheng, Lv wrote:
> Hi,
>
>> From: Wysocki, Rafael J
>> 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.
> [Lv Zheng]
> Could the problem be stopped by reverting PATCH 4/4?

Yes, it can.

However, would the series be any useful without that patch?

Thanks,
Rafael