[GIT PULL] Renesas ARM Based SoC Drivers Updates for v4.7

[Simon Horman]

On Tue, Apr 19, 2016 at 09:25:20AM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> Hi Simon,
> 
> On Mon, Apr 18, 2016 at 5:55 AM, Simon Horman <horms at verge.net.au> wrote:
> > On Fri, Apr 15, 2016 at 08:35:48AM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> >> On Fri, Apr 15, 2016 at 2:33 AM, Simon Horman <horms at verge.net.au> wrote:
> >> > On Thu, Apr 14, 2016 at 10:19:04AM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> >> >> On Wed, Apr 13, 2016 at 10:23 PM, Olof Johansson <olof at lixom.net> wrote:
> >> >> > On Wed, Apr 13, 2016 at 09:57:39PM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> >> >> >> On Wed, Apr 13, 2016 at 9:43 PM, Olof Johansson <olof at lixom.net> wrote:
> >> >> >> > On Mon, Apr 04, 2016 at 10:22:56AM +0900, Simon Horman wrote:
> >> >> >> >> Geert Uytterhoeven (2):
> >> >> >> >>       ARM: shmobile: timer: Fix preset_lpj leading to too short delays
> >> >> >> >>       ARM: shmobile: timer: Drop support for Cortex A8
> >>
> >> >> Simon: I'm a bit surprised to see that "ARM: shmobile: timer: Fix preset_lpj
> >> >> leading to too short delays" got postponed to v4.7, while commit 406663ed61c8
> >> >> ("ARM: shmobile: defconfig: Do not enable CONFIG_CPU_BPREDICT_DISABLE") is
> >> >> already in v4.6-rc1.  The latter makes bad behavior due to too short delays
> >> >> more likely to happen.
> >> >>
> >> >> Sorry for not noticing before.
> >> >
> >> > Likewise, sorry for the mix-up.
> >> >
> >> > I can think of two ways to resolve this, likely there are others:
> >> > 1. Submit "ARM: shmobile: timer: Fix preset_lpj leading to too short delays"
> >> >    or conversely
> >> > 2. Submit a reversion of 406663ed61c8 ("ARM: shmobile: defconfig: Do not
> >> >    enable CONFIG_CPU_BPREDICT_DISABLE") as a fix for v4.6.
> >> >
> >> > Or perhaps it is a problem that can just be ironed out in v4.7.
> >> > Let me know what you think.
> >>
> >> I prefer option 1, i.e. fixing the bug instead of papering over it in
> >> the defconfig.
> >> Users may not use the defconfig, and have CONFIG_CPU_BPREDICT_DISABLE
> >> enabled anyway.
> >
> > Thanks, that reasoning sounds fine to me.
> >
> > I plan to re-queue "ARM: shmobile: timer: Fix preset_lpj leading to too
> > short delays" in fixes-for-v4.6 and I plan to push that in a revised
> > renesas-next tag later today. I would appreciate you double checking that
> > all is in order.
> 
> Thanks, that commit looks fine!

Great, thanks for checking.