netdev - e1000e driver - commit 37b12910 needs to be in Linus tree..

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Message-ID: <2887.1439911951@turing-police.cc.vt.edu>
Date:	Tue, 18 Aug 2015 11:32:31 -0400
From:	Valdis Kletnieks <Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
Cc:	intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: e1000e driver - commit  37b12910 needs to be in Linus tree..

Hate to bother everybody, but we're at -rc7..

Commit 83129b37ef is still in Linus's tree.  This one causes a crash
on my Dell Latitude after 4 hours uptime.

commit 83129b37ef35bb6a7f01c060129736a8db5d31c4
Author: Yanir Lubetkin <yanirx.lubetkin@...el.com>
Date:   Tue Jun 2 17:05:45 2015 +0300

    e1000e: fix systim issues

Commit 37b12910dd fixes it, but is *NOT* in Linus's tree yet.

commit 37b12910dd11d9ab969f2c310dc9160b7f3e3405
Author: Raanan Avargil <raanan.avargil@...el.com>
Date:   Sun Jul 19 16:33:20 2015 +0300

    e1000e: Fix tight loop implementation of systime read algorithm

Can we do something to get this fix in-tree, or revert the problem commit?




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