The patch titled spi: spi_write_then_read() regression fix has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was spi-spi_write_then_read-regression-fix.patch This patch was dropped because of confusion The current -mm tree may be found at http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/mmotm/ ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: spi: spi_write_then_read() regression fix From: David Brownell <dbrownell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> The recent "simplify spi_write_then_read()" patch included a small regression from the 2.6.27 behavior with its performance win. All SPI transfers are full duplex, and are packaged as half duplex by either discarding the data that's read ("write only"), or else by writing zeroes ("read only"). That patch wasn't ensuring that zeroes were getting written out during the "half duplex read" part of the transaction; instead, old RX bits were getting sent. The fix is trivial: zero the buffer before using it. Signed-off-by: David Brownell <dbrownell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Vernon Sauder <vernoninhand@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/spi/spi.c | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff -puN drivers/spi/spi.c~spi-spi_write_then_read-regression-fix drivers/spi/spi.c --- a/drivers/spi/spi.c~spi-spi_write_then_read-regression-fix +++ a/drivers/spi/spi.c @@ -677,11 +677,13 @@ int spi_write_then_read(struct spi_devic /* ... unless someone else is using the pre-allocated buffer */ if (!mutex_trylock(&lock)) { - local_buf = kmalloc(SPI_BUFSIZ, GFP_KERNEL); + local_buf = kzalloc(SPI_BUFSIZ, GFP_KERNEL); if (!local_buf) return -ENOMEM; - } else + } else { local_buf = buf; + memset(local_buf, 0, x.len); + } memcpy(local_buf, txbuf, n_tx); x.tx_buf = local_buf; _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from dbrownell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are origin.patch spi-spi_write_then_read-regression-fix.patch linux-next.patch acpi-fix-acpi_fadt_s4_rtc_wake-comment.patch usb-driver-for-freescale-quicc-engine-usb-host-controller.patch documentation-when-to-bug-and-when-to-not-bug.patch spi_gpio-driver.patch spi_gpio-driver-cleanups.patch atmel_spi-clean-up-spiv1-quirk-handling.patch spi-atmel_spi-update-chipselect-handling.patch spi-use-generic-gpio-calls-in-spi_s3c24xx_gpio.patch drivers-spi-move-a-dereference-below-a-null-test.patch mfd-da903x-section-fix.patch rtc-ds1307-remove-legacy-probe-checks.patch rtc-bunch-of-drivers-fix-no-irq-case-handing.patch twl4030-gpio-cleanup-debounce.patch gpio-pca953x-handles-more-chips-i2c-fault-codes.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html