linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] clk: hisilicon: fix lock assignment

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Date:   Fri, 20 Jan 2017 14:58:27 -0800
From:   Stephen Boyd <sboyd@...eaurora.org>
To:     Leo Yan <leo.yan@...aro.org>
Cc:     Michael Turquette <mturquette@...libre.com>,
        linux-clk@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Haojian Zhuang <haojian.zhuang@...aro.org>,
        Guodong Xu <guodong.xu@...aro.org>,
        John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] clk: hisilicon: fix lock assignment

On 01/18, Leo Yan wrote:
> In clock driver initialize phase the spinlock is missed to assignment
> to struct clkgate_separated, finally there have no locking to protect
> exclusive accessing for clock registers.
> 
> This bug introduces the console has no output after enable coresight
> driver on 96borads Hikey; this is because console using UART3, which

s/borads/boards/

> has shared the same register with coresight clock enabling bit. After
> applied this patch it can assign lock properly to protect exclusive
> accessing, and console can work well after enabled coresight modules.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Leo Yan <leo.yan@...aro.org>

Is there a Fixes: tag needed?

Is coresight support merged into Linus' tree? I want to know if
this needs to be applied for v4.10 or can wait until v4.11.

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