linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] platform/chrome: cros_ec

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Message-ID: <CA+Dqm30s282gcs6PHkZkH92mhndLi5YP=NPwS0duorizJfx+oQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Wed, 2 Aug 2023 12:16:35 -0600
From:   Rob Barnes <robbarnes@...gle.com>
To:     patchwork-bot+chrome-platform@...nel.org
Cc:     bleung@...omium.org, groeck@...omium.org, tzungbi@...nel.org,
        dtor@...omium.org, chrome-platform@...ts.linux.dev,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] platform/chrome: cros_ec_lpc: Sync filesystem on EC panic

Note: This change is being rejected upstream due to the use of
ksys_sync_helper. Apparently it's discouraged. I sent a new patch to
replace this one:
https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20230802175847.1.Ie9fc53b6a1f4c6661c5376286a50e0cf51b3e961@changeid/

On Mon, Jul 31, 2023 at 4:10 AM
<patchwork-bot+chrome-platform@...nel.org> wrote:
>
> Hello:
>
> This patch was applied to chrome-platform/linux.git (for-next)
> by Tzung-Bi Shih <tzungbi@...nel.org>:
>
> On Wed, 26 Jul 2023 18:17:39 +0000 you wrote:
> > Perform a filesystem sync when an EC panic is reported. The
> > sync is performed twice in case some inodes or pages are
> > temporarily locked. Testing showed syncing twice significantly
> > improved reliability.
> >
> > hw_protection_shutdown is replaced for a couple reasons. It is
> > unnecessary because the EC will force reset either way.
> > hw_protection_shutdown does not reliably sync filesystem
> > before shutting down.
> >
> > [...]
>
> Here is the summary with links:
>   - platform/chrome: cros_ec_lpc: Sync filesystem on EC panic
>     https://git.kernel.org/chrome-platform/c/0a329167220a
>
> You are awesome, thank you!
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