[PATCH v3 0/9] refactoring for mask_cache

[Ezequiel Garcia]

Hi Gerlando,

On Mon, Mar 18, 2013 at 03:00:46PM +0100, Gerlando Falauto wrote:
> here is a patchset to address the issue found with Orion, in incremental
> stages as Thomas suggested.
> a) we introduce the new fields and pointer (though only the shared one is used)
> b) we convert all drivers to use it 
> c) we rename the field so to force the use of the per-ct pointer
> d) we add per-ct mask cache, provided the new flag 
>    IRQ_GC_SEPARATE_MASK_REGISTERS is enabled
> e) we enable the flag for orion-gpio and mvebu drivers
> 
> So even though I'm also providing changes for mvebu, I only
> tested the patch on a 3.0.40 kernel with the plat-orion/gpio.c driver.

Great job! Since this is a really old bug you're fixing I believe that the
patchset applies for stable as well as mainline.

According to Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt all you need to do
is add a 'Cc: stable at vger.kernel.org' tag in your sign-off area.

Stable people will take care of picking the patch when it hits
mainline. You should receive a mail notification about patches
being included in stable kernels.

Thanks,
-- 
Ezequiel García, Free Electrons
Embedded Linux, Kernel and Android Engineering
http://free-electrons.com