Hi Simon, On Mon, Apr 18, 2016 at 5:55 AM, Simon Horman <horms@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Fri, Apr 15, 2016 at 08:35:48AM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: >> On Fri, Apr 15, 2016 at 2:33 AM, Simon Horman <horms@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> > On Thu, Apr 14, 2016 at 10:19:04AM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: >> >> On Wed, Apr 13, 2016 at 10:23 PM, Olof Johansson <olof@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> > On Wed, Apr 13, 2016 at 09:57:39PM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: >> >> >> On Wed, Apr 13, 2016 at 9:43 PM, Olof Johansson <olof@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> >> > On Mon, Apr 04, 2016 at 10:22:56AM +0900, Simon Horman wrote: >> >> >> >> Geert Uytterhoeven (2): >> >> >> >> ARM: shmobile: timer: Fix preset_lpj leading to too short delays >> >> >> >> ARM: shmobile: timer: Drop support for Cortex A8 >> >> >> Simon: I'm a bit surprised to see that "ARM: shmobile: timer: Fix preset_lpj >> >> leading to too short delays" got postponed to v4.7, while commit 406663ed61c8 >> >> ("ARM: shmobile: defconfig: Do not enable CONFIG_CPU_BPREDICT_DISABLE") is >> >> already in v4.6-rc1. The latter makes bad behavior due to too short delays >> >> more likely to happen. >> >> >> >> Sorry for not noticing before. >> > >> > Likewise, sorry for the mix-up. >> > >> > I can think of two ways to resolve this, likely there are others: >> > 1. Submit "ARM: shmobile: timer: Fix preset_lpj leading to too short delays" >> > or conversely >> > 2. Submit a reversion of 406663ed61c8 ("ARM: shmobile: defconfig: Do not >> > enable CONFIG_CPU_BPREDICT_DISABLE") as a fix for v4.6. >> > >> > Or perhaps it is a problem that can just be ironed out in v4.7. >> > Let me know what you think. >> >> I prefer option 1, i.e. fixing the bug instead of papering over it in >> the defconfig. >> Users may not use the defconfig, and have CONFIG_CPU_BPREDICT_DISABLE >> enabled anyway. > > Thanks, that reasoning sounds fine to me. > > I plan to re-queue "ARM: shmobile: timer: Fix preset_lpj leading to too > short delays" in fixes-for-v4.6 and I plan to push that in a revised > renesas-next tag later today. I would appreciate you double checking that > all is in order. Thanks, that commit looks fine! Gr{oetje,eeting}s, Geert -- Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that. -- Linus Torvalds