linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4.7 172/186] Input: i8042 - break load dependency between atkbd/psmouse and i8042

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Date:   Mon, 5 Sep 2016 16:01:52 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>
Cc:     lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "3.8+" <stable@...r.kernel.org>, Mark Laws <mdl@...z.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4.7 172/186] Input: i8042 - break load dependency between
 atkbd/psmouse and i8042

On Fri, Aug 19, 2016 at 10:13:50AM -0700, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 19, 2016 at 09:37:21AM +0200, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > On Thu, Aug 18, 2016 at 09:29:37AM -0700, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> > > On Thu, Aug 18, 2016 at 6:59 AM, Greg Kroah-Hartman
> > > <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org> wrote:
> > > > 4.7-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.
> > > 
> > > Greg, please hold this patch off till your next cycle. I will be
> > > sending a fixup for it to Linus today or tomorrow.
> > 
> > I've now removed this from all of the queues, thanks.  I'll add it to
> > the next round of releases, hopefully you tagged the "fixup" for stable
> > so I'll see it when it lands in Linus's tree.  If not, can you send me
> > the git commit id?
> 
> It is here (in my tree ATM but the commit ID should be stable) and
> it is marked for stable:
> 
> commit 47af45d684b5f3ae000ad448db02ce4f13f73273
> Author: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>
> Date:   Tue Aug 16 17:38:54 2016 -0700
> 
>     Input: i8042 - set up shared ps2_cmd_mutex for AUX ports
> 
>     The commit 4097461897df ("Input: i8042 - break load dependency ...")
>     correctly set up ps2_cmd_mutex pointer for the KBD port but forgot to do
>     the same for AUX port(s), which results in communication on KBD and AUX
>     ports to clash with each other.
> 
>     Fixes: 4097461897df ("Input: i8042 - break load dependency ...")
>     Reported-by: Bruno Wolff III <bruno@...ff.to>
>     Tested-by: Bruno Wolff III <bruno@...ff.to>
>     Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
>     Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>

Thanks, I've applied this one and the original one now.

greg k-h