Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] pinctrl: cherryview: prevent concurrent access to GPIO controllers

["Dan O'Donovan" <dan@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On 06/13/2016 01:23 PM, Linus Walleij wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 10, 2016 at 2:23 PM, Dan O'Donovan <dan@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Due to a silicon issue on the Atom X5-Z8000 "Cherry Trail" processor
>> series, a common lock must be used to prevent concurrent accesses
>> across the 4 GPIO controllers managed by this driver.
>>
>> See Intel Atom Z8000 Processor Series Specification Update
>> (Rev. 005), errata #CHT34, for further information.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Dan O'Donovan <dan@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: stable <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Patch applied.
>
> Does it *really* need to go into fixes right now or can it wait until
> the next merge window?
I have no objection to waiting until the next merge window for this.  Thanks Linus.
>
> Since the rest of the patches seem to depend on it it creates a problem
> where some apply to the fixes branch etc and need special care, that
> is why I'm asking. If it is super-important, I will fix it.
>
> Yours,
> Linus Walleij

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