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

[Russell King - ARM Linux]

On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 02:27:24PM +0530, Poddar, Sourav wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 2:08 PM, Poddar, Sourav <sourav.poddar at ti.com> wrote:
> > 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>

Thanks.  It's also important to ascertain which filesystems were tested -
could you let me know please?