[linux-yocto] [PULL REQUEST] Watchdog parenting fix for linux-yocto-4.1

[Yong, Jonathan]

On 06/15/2016 11:53, Bruce Ashfield wrote:
>>
>> These 2 branches should also go into linux-yocto-4.1 standard/base:
>> for-linux-yocto-4.1-core  (driver core backports from Linus's)
>> for-linux-yocto-4.1-power (CPU idle/powercap backports from Linus's)
>
> Can you elaborate ? How many patches ? What are the shortlogs / diffstats ?
>
> What testing was done ? And which boards are the target ?
>
> Bruce
>

These were tested with Intel Apollo Lake. Hope it is sufficient.

9 patches regarding driver core to support asynchronous driver probing.
> Dmitry Torokhov (3):
>   driver-core: add asynchronous probing support for drivers
>   driver-core: make __device_attach() static
>   driver-core: fix build for !CONFIG_MODULES
>
> Luis R. Rodriguez (3):
>   driver-core: add driver module asynchronous probe support
>   driver-core: enable drivers to opt-out of async probe
>   module: add extra argument for parse_params() callback
>
> Mika Westerberg (1):
>   ACPI / PM: Attach ACPI power domain only once
>
> Rafael J. Wysocki (1):
>   Driver core: wakeup the parent device before trying probe
>
> Shailendra Verma (1):
>   base:dd - Fix for typo in comment to function
>     driver_deferred_probe_trigger().
>
>  Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt |   3 +
>  arch/powerpc/mm/hugetlbpage.c       |   4 +-
>  drivers/acpi/device_pm.c            |   8 ++
>  drivers/acpi/internal.h             |   2 +
>  drivers/acpi/scan.c                 |  46 +++++----
>  drivers/base/base.h                 |   1 +
>  drivers/base/bus.c                  |  31 ++++--
>  drivers/base/dd.c                   | 183 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
>  include/linux/device.h              |  31 ++++++
>  include/linux/module.h              |  13 +++
>  include/linux/moduleparam.h         |   3 +-
>  init/main.c                         |  25 +++--
>  kernel/module.c                     |  18 +++-
>  kernel/params.c                     |  11 ++-
>  lib/dynamic_debug.c                 |   4 +-
>  15 files changed, 316 insertions(+), 67 deletions(-)

10 patches regarding CPU idle/scheduler.
> Radivoje Jovanovic (1):
>   powercap / RAPL: Add support for Broadwell-H
>
> Rafael J. Wysocki (8):
>   sched / idle: Move the default idle call code to a separate function
>   cpuidle: Check the sign of index in cpuidle_reflect()
>   sched / idle: Eliminate the "reflect" check from cpuidle_idle_call()
>   cpuidle: Fix the kerneldoc comment for cpuidle_enter_state()
>   sched / idle: Call idle_set_state() from cpuidle_enter_state()
>   sched / idle: Call default_idle_call() from cpuidle_enter_state()
>   cpuidle: Select a different state on tick_broadcast_enter() failures
>   cpuidle: Do not use CPUIDLE_DRIVER_STATE_START in cpuidle.c
>
> Shilpasri G Bhat (1):
>   cpuidle: powernv/pseries: Auto-promotion of snooze to deeper idle
>     state
>
>  drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle-powernv.c |  12 ++++
>  drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle-pseries.c |  11 ++++
>  drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle.c         |  38 +++++++++----
>  drivers/cpuidle/governors/menu.c  |   4 +-
>  drivers/powercap/intel_rapl.c     |   1 +
>  include/linux/cpuidle.h           |   4 ++
>  kernel/sched/idle.c               | 114 ++++++++++++++++++++------------------
>  7 files changed, 117 insertions(+), 67 deletions(-)