linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4.19.113 0/3] Fix for long operation cmds busy detection

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:   Sun, 19 Apr 2020 09:20:30 +0200
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Sowjanya Komatineni <skomatineni@...dia.com>
Cc:     adrian.hunter@...el.com, ulf.hansson@...aro.org,
        baolin.wang@...aro.org, kstewart@...uxfoundation.org,
        tglx@...utronix.de, bradleybolen@...il.com, faiz_abbas@...com,
        thierry.reding@...il.com, jonathanh@...dia.com, bbiswas@...dia.com,
        anrao@...dia.com, linux-tegra@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mmc@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4.19.113 0/3] Fix for long operation cmds busy detection

On Fri, Apr 17, 2020 at 12:14:01PM -0700, Sowjanya Komatineni wrote:
> This series includes manually backported changes that implements Tegra
> specific timeout callback to switch between finite and infinite HW busy
> detection wait modes.
> 
> sdhci-tegra driver patch implements set_timeout callback based on one of
> the sdhci host driver patch that refactors sdhci_set_timeout and allows
> drivers to call __sdhci_set_timeout with their timeout callback
> implementation.
> 
> Both of these patches are manually backported in this series.

Is this a bugfix or a new feature?  I can't tell, but it feels like it's
a new feature.  What's wrong with just using the 5.4.y kernel tree?

thanks,

greg k-h