On Mon, May 5, 2014 at 12:23 AM, Zheng, Lv <lv.zh...@intel.com> wrote: > Hi, Rafael > >> From: linux-acpi-ow...@vger.kernel.org >> [mailto:linux-acpi-ow...@vger.kernel.org] On Behalf Of Rafael J. Wysocki >> Sent: Monday, May 05, 2014 8:43 AM >> >> On Saturday, May 03, 2014 08:59:14 AM Josh Boyer wrote: >> > On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 10:05 PM, Lv Zheng <lv.zh...@intel.com> wrote: >> > > The commit of back porting Linux XSDT validation mechanism has introduced >> > > a regreession: >> > > Commit: 671cc68dc61f029d44b43a681356078e02d8dab8 >> > > Subject: ACPICA: Back port and refine validation of the XSDT root >> > > table. >> > > There is a pointer still accessed after unmapping. >> > > >> > > This patch fixes this issue. Lv Zheng. >> > > >> > > Buglink: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=73911 >> > > Buglink: https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/39811 >> > > Signed-off-by: Lv Zheng <lv.zh...@intel.com> >> > > Reported-and-tested-by: Bruce Chiarelli <mano...@gmail.com> >> > > Reported-and-tested-by: Spyros Stathopoulos <spyst...@gmail.com> >> > > Signed-off-by: Bob Moore <robert.mo...@intel.com> >> > > Cc: <sta...@vger.kernel.org> # 3.14.x: 671cc68: ACPICA: Back port and >> > > refine validation of the XSDT root table. >> > >> > This patch should get into 3.15-rcX soon. It fixes a known regression >> > that prevents booting on machines with AMI firmware, and that is >> > present in 3.14 so we need it for stable as well. Rafael? >> >> Lv, is it safe to take this patch alone into 3.15-rc? > > Yes, it's safe to only take this patch to be a regression fix.
FWIW, Fedora is carrying this on top of 3.14.2 already, and people with the impacted machines say it's working for them. So I agree it should be safe. Thanks to the both of you. josh -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
