On Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 03:28:12PM +0000, Lee Jones wrote: > > On PXT and COMe-cPC2 boards it is observed that the hardware > > mutex is acquired but not being released during initialization. > > This can result in a hang-up during boot if the driver is built > > into the kernel. > > > > Releasing the mutex twice if it was acquired fixes the problem. > > Subsequent request/release cycles work as expected, so the fix is > > only needed during initialization. > > > > Reviewed-by: Michael Brunner <[email protected]> > > Tested-by: Michael Brunner <[email protected]> > > Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <[email protected]> > > --- > > drivers/mfd/kempld-core.c | 7 +++++-- > > 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > I was going to stop taking patches for this cycle, but as this looks > like a bugfix I'll apply it, thanks. >
Hi Lee, Great. I should have added a note - the patch will also be needed in -stable; the driver is used in both 3.12 and 3.13. Thanks, Guenter -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
