On Thu, Nov 29, 2018 at 03:45:26PM +0100, Jean Delvare wrote: > Hi Greg, > > On Thu, 2018-11-29 at 15:12 +0100, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > > 4.14-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. > > > > ------------------ > > > > From: Erik Schmauss <erik.schmauss@xxxxxxxxx> > > > > commit 4abb951b73ff0a8a979113ef185651aa3c8da19b upstream. > > > > The table load process omitted adding the operation region address > > range to the global list. This omission is problematic because the OS > > queries the global list to check for address range conflicts before > > deciding which drivers to load. This commit may result in warning > > messages that look like the following: > > > > [ 7.871761] ACPI Warning: system_IO range 0x00000428-0x0000042F conflicts with op_region 0x00000400-0x0000047F (\PMIO) (20180531/utaddress-213) > > [ 7.871769] ACPI: If an ACPI driver is available for this device, you should use it instead of the native driver > > > > However, these messages do not signify regressions. It is a result of > > properly adding address ranges within the global address list. > > > > Link: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=200011 > > Tested-by: Jean-Marc Lenoir <archlinux@xxxxxxxxxxx> > > Signed-off-by: Erik Schmauss <erik.schmauss@xxxxxxxxx> > > Cc: All applicable <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@xxxxxxxxx> > > Cc: Jean Delvare <jdelvare@xxxxxxx> > > Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > I'm confused. While we were discussing the regression, Erik said that > this is fixing commit 5a8361f7ecceaed64b4064000d16cb703462be49, which > went upstream in v4.17. So how can the fix be needed in any kernel > older than v4.17? Erik, did I understand you incorrectly? The patch says "All applicable", and I assumed that meant, "as long as it applies." Erik, should I drop this from 4.14.y? thanks, greg k-h
