On Monday, May 05, 2014 08:42:46 AM Josh Boyer wrote: > On Mon, May 5, 2014 at 12:23 AM, Zheng, Lv <lv.zheng@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi, Rafael > > > >> From: linux-acpi-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:linux-acpi-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Rafael J. Wysocki > >> Sent: Monday, May 05, 2014 8:43 AM > >> > >> On Saturday, May 03, 2014 08:59:14 AM Josh Boyer wrote: > >> > On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 10:05 PM, Lv Zheng <lv.zheng@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> > > The commit of back porting Linux XSDT validation mechanism has introduced > >> > > a regreession: > >> > > Commit: 671cc68dc61f029d44b43a681356078e02d8dab8 > >> > > Subject: ACPICA: Back port and refine validation of the XSDT root table. > >> > > There is a pointer still accessed after unmapping. > >> > > > >> > > This patch fixes this issue. Lv Zheng. > >> > > > >> > > Buglink: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=73911 > >> > > Buglink: https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/39811 > >> > > Signed-off-by: Lv Zheng <lv.zheng@xxxxxxxxx> > >> > > Reported-and-tested-by: Bruce Chiarelli <mano155@xxxxxxxxx> > >> > > Reported-and-tested-by: Spyros Stathopoulos <spystath@xxxxxxxxx> > >> > > Signed-off-by: Bob Moore <robert.moore@xxxxxxxxx> > >> > > Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> # 3.14.x: 671cc68: ACPICA: Back port and refine validation of the XSDT root table. > >> > > >> > This patch should get into 3.15-rcX soon. It fixes a known regression > >> > that prevents booting on machines with AMI firmware, and that is > >> > present in 3.14 so we need it for stable as well. Rafael? > >> > >> Lv, is it safe to take this patch alone into 3.15-rc? > > > > Yes, it's safe to only take this patch to be a regression fix. > > FWIW, Fedora is carrying this on top of 3.14.2 already, and people > with the impacted machines say it's working for them. So I agree it > should be safe. > > Thanks to the both of you. OK, queued up for 3.15, thanks! -- I speak only for myself. Rafael J. Wysocki, Intel Open Source Technology Center. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-acpi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
