[PATCH 02/14] ARM: bitops: switch set/clear/change bitops to use ldrex/strex

[Poddar, Sourav]

On Sun, Jan 23, 2011 at 3:05 PM, Russell King - ARM Linux
<linux at arm.linux.org.uk> wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 22, 2011 at 11:44:59PM -0500, Nicolas Pitre wrote:
>> At least another person did post results:
>>
>> http://mid.gmane.org/20110117094602.GA2622@pulham.picochip.com
>> http://mid.gmane.org/20110117110308.GC2622@pulham.picochip.com
>
> Slightly different patch - there were three revisions.  I can't attach
> a tested-by given to a different patch to this one.
>
>> > That means omap2plus_defconfig .38 mainline kernels
>> > (including -stable) will remain potentially dangerous when run on
>> > SMP capable hardware.
>>
>> I must admit that this series looks a bit large for stable IMHO.  I
>> think that the fix for stable should limit itself only to prevent SMP
>> from being selected if anything else than CPU_32v6K is selected.
>
> The first three are the bare minimum required for -stable.
>

Boot tested the 14 patch series  with CONFIG_SWP_EMULATE enabled, on
the following boards :


1. Omap2420 SDP

2. Omap2430 SDP

3. Omap3430 SDP

4. Omap4 Blaze

Tested by : Sourav Poddar <sourav.poddar at ti.com>