From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S933487AbbFIMgT (ORCPT ); Tue, 9 Jun 2015 08:36:19 -0400 Received: from casper.infradead.org ([85.118.1.10]:50525 "EHLO casper.infradead.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S933437AbbFIMfw (ORCPT ); Tue, 9 Jun 2015 08:35:52 -0400 Date: Tue, 9 Jun 2015 14:35:48 +0200 From: Peter Zijlstra To: Vineet Gupta Cc: linux-arch@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, arnd@arndb.de, arc-linux-dev@synopsys.com Subject: Re: [PATCH 22/28] ARCv2: STAR 9000837815 workaround hardware exclusive transactions livelock Message-ID: <20150609123548.GZ3644@twins.programming.kicks-ass.net> References: <1433850508-26317-1-git-send-email-vgupta@synopsys.com> <1433850508-26317-23-git-send-email-vgupta@synopsys.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1433850508-26317-23-git-send-email-vgupta@synopsys.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2012-12-30) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Jun 09, 2015 at 05:18:22PM +0530, Vineet Gupta wrote: This really really wants a Changelog describing the actual hardware fail and why this workaround is sufficient.