Re: [PATCH] platform/chrome: cros_ec_lpc: Sync filesystem on EC panic

[Rob Barnes]

Note: This change is being rejected upstream due to the use of
ksys_sync_helper. Apparently it's discouraged. I sent a new patch to
replace this one:
https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20230802175847.1.Ie9fc53b6a1f4c6661c5376286a50e0cf51b3e961@changeid/

On Mon, Jul 31, 2023 at 4:10 AM
<patchwork-bot+chrome-platform@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hello:
>
> This patch was applied to chrome-platform/linux.git (for-next)
> by Tzung-Bi Shih <tzungbi@xxxxxxxxxx>:
>
> On Wed, 26 Jul 2023 18:17:39 +0000 you wrote:
> > Perform a filesystem sync when an EC panic is reported. The
> > sync is performed twice in case some inodes or pages are
> > temporarily locked. Testing showed syncing twice significantly
> > improved reliability.
> >
> > hw_protection_shutdown is replaced for a couple reasons. It is
> > unnecessary because the EC will force reset either way.
> > hw_protection_shutdown does not reliably sync filesystem
> > before shutting down.
> >
> > [...]
>
> Here is the summary with links:
>   - platform/chrome: cros_ec_lpc: Sync filesystem on EC panic
>     https://git.kernel.org/chrome-platform/c/0a329167220a
>
> You are awesome, thank you!
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