On Tue, May 12, 2015 at 05:28:19PM -0400, George G. Davis wrote: > From: Lv Zheng <lv.zheng@xxxxxxxxx> > > commit f254e3c57b9d952e987502aefa0804c177dd2503 upstream. > > ACPICA commit 7d9fd64397d7c38899d3dc497525f6e6b044e0e3 > > OSPMs like Linux expect an acpi_physical_address returning value from > acpi_find_root_pointer(). This triggers warnings if sizeof (acpi_size) doesn't > equal to sizeof (acpi_physical_address): > drivers/acpi/osl.c:275:3: warning: passing argument 1 of 'acpi_find_root_pointer' from incompatible pointer type [enabled by default] > In file included from include/acpi/acpi.h:64:0, > from include/linux/acpi.h:36, > from drivers/acpi/osl.c:41: > include/acpi/acpixf.h:433:1: note: expected 'acpi_size *' but argument is of type 'acpi_physical_address *' > This patch corrects acpi_find_root_pointer(). > > Link: https://github.com/acpica/acpica/commit/7d9fd643 > Signed-off-by: Lv Zheng <lv.zheng@xxxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Bob Moore <robert.moore@xxxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@xxxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Dirk Behme <dirk.behme@xxxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: George G. Davis <george_davis@xxxxxxxxxx> > --- > drivers/acpi/acpica/tbxfroot.c | 7 ++++--- > include/acpi/acpixf.h | 2 +- > 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) Why shouldn't this patch also be in 4.0-stable? I don't want to take patches in one tree and not others. Same for the other patches in this series. thanks, greg k-h -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html