Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751983Ab0HPBWZ (ORCPT ); Sun, 15 Aug 2010 21:22:25 -0400 Received: from smtp1.linux-foundation.org ([140.211.169.13]:47026 "EHLO smtp1.linux-foundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751891Ab0HPBWX convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Sun, 15 Aug 2010 21:22:23 -0400 Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2010 18:21:53 -0700 From: Andrew Morton To: Linus Torvalds Cc: sedat.dilek@gmail.com, Andi Kleen , len.brown@intel.com, Linux ACPI , LKML Subject: Re: [git pull request] ACPI patches for 2.6.36.merge Message-Id: <20100815182153.994179c1.akpm@linux-foundation.org> In-Reply-To: References: <20100815133015.883c7069.akpm@linux-foundation.org> X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.0.2 (GTK+ 2.20.1; x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1055 Lines: 31 On Sun, 15 Aug 2010 14:04:09 -0700 Linus Torvalds wrote: > On Sun, Aug 15, 2010 at 1:30 PM, Andrew Morton > wrote: > > > > I'd be suspecting that we have two patches both of which worked > > separately but which broke when combined. ?Is there some other patch in > > that tree which adds a new reference to `ref' in acpi_power_seq_show()? > > The offending patch isn't about acpi_power_seq_show(), it's about > acpi_power_off_device(). The patch I sent Len patched acpi_power_seq_show(). > > ... > > What does that say about the _rest_ of the patches? Not tested in combination? > What does that say about (lack of) -next testing? That code compiled OK in -mm which includes linux-next. I assume that some last-minute merging broke things. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/