Re: [PATCH v2 0/4] ACPI 2.0: Enable TermList interpretion for table loading

[Rafael J. Wysocki]

On 6/12/2016 3:02 AM, Zheng, Lv wrote:
> Hi,
>
> > From: Wysocki, Rafael J
> > Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/4] ACPI 2.0: Enable TermList interpretion for
> > table loading
> >
> > On 5/20/2016 2:57 AM, Zheng, Lv wrote:
> > > Hi, Rafael
> > >
> > > > From: rjwysocki@xxxxxxxxx [mailto:rjwysocki@xxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
> > Of
> > > > Rafael J. Wysocki
> > > > Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/4] ACPI 2.0: Enable TermList interpretion for
> > table
> > > > loading
> > > >
> > > > On Tue, May 17, 2016 at 2:29 AM, Zheng, Lv <lv.zheng@xxxxxxxxx>
> > wrote:
> > > > > Hi, Rafael
> > > > >
> > > > > Can we queue this up in linux-next?
> > > > > ASLTS recursive tests are done in ACPICA upstream and no regressions
> > can be
> > > > seen.
> > > > > We need more tests around this experimental change from the real
> > users to
> > > > have the chances to learn the unknown cases.
> > > > > If they reported regressions, we could stop the regressions by
> > reverting
> > > > [PATCH 4/4].
> > > > > So it should be safe to do such experiments in the Linux upstream.
> > > > > Thanks in advance.
> > > > There is a rule that during a merge window linux-next should only
> > > > contain material for that merge window.  That is, currently linux-next
> > > > should only contain material targeted at v4.7.
> > > >
> > > > For this reason, I can't put the series into linux-next right now, but
> > > > I'll do that as soon as 4.7-rc1 is released.
> > > [Lv Zheng]
> > > Great!
> > > Thanks for the information.
> > Unfortunately, it is reported that the series actually causes problems
> > to happen.
> >
> > I sent you a CC of my response to the report in question earlier today.
> [Lv Zheng]
> Could the problem be stopped by reverting PATCH 4/4?

Yes, it can.

However, would the series be any useful without that patch?

Thanks,
Rafael