<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote">Hi Jim,<br>
<br>
We have the two patchsets ready and tested in our X-Gene 3 platform<br>
with the 4.11.0-44 kernel as you suggested before. Can you help<br>
to integrate the attached patches to sig-altarch7-aarch64 for CENTOS 7.4 GA?<br>
<br>
As a summary, the 1st patchset (8001) includes the following individual patches:<br>
<br>
1. Bug-62016-BACKPORT-iommu-<wbr>enable-bypass-tra.patch<br>
iommu/arm-smmu: Enable bypass transaction caching for ARM SMMU 500<br>
<a href="https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git/commit/drivers/iommu/arm-smmu.c?h=next-20180112&id=74f55d34414c866dbf3a69e28a2f963abe61ca58" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://git.kernel.org/pub/<wbr>scm/linux/kernel/git/next/<wbr>linux-next.git/commit/drivers/<wbr>iommu/arm-smmu.c?h=next-<wbr>20180112&id=<wbr>74f55d34414c866dbf3a69e28a2f96<wbr>3abe61ca58</a><br>
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2. BACKPORT-iommu-iova-Fix-<wbr>underflow-bug-in-_.patch<br>
iommu/iova: Fix underflow bug in __alloc_and_insert_iova_range<br>
<a href="https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/libata.git/commit/drivers/iommu/iova.c?h=for-4.12-fixes&id=5016bdb796b3726eec043ca0ce3be981f712c756" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://git.kernel.org/pub/<wbr>scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/<wbr>libata.git/commit/drivers/<wbr>iommu/iova.c?h=for-4.12-fixes&<wbr>id=<wbr>5016bdb796b3726eec043ca0ce3be9<wbr>81f712c756</a><br>
<br>
3. BACKPORT-ata-fixes-kernel-<wbr>crash-while-trac.patch<br>
ata: fixes kernel crash while tracing ata_eh_link_autopsy event<br>
<a href="https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/libata.git/commit/?h=for-4.15&id=f1601113ddc0339a745e702f4fb1ca37d4875e65" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://git.kernel.org/pub/<wbr>scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/<wbr>libata.git/commit/?h=for-4.15&<wbr>id=<wbr>f1601113ddc0339a745e702f4fb1ca<wbr>37d4875e65</a><br>
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4. hwmon-xgene-Support-hwmon-v2.<wbr>patch<br>
hwmon: (xgene) Support hwmon v2<br>
<a href="https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git/commit/?id=749d782d80de6db454af4336a4f4c8dfe79a5fc4" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://git.kernel.org/pub/<wbr>scm/linux/kernel/git/next/<wbr>linux-next.git/commit/?id=<wbr>749d782d80de6db454af4336a4f4c8<wbr>dfe79a5fc4</a><br>
<br>
<br>
5. BACKPORT-ACPI-scan-Apply-<wbr>default-enumeration-to-devi.<wbr>patch<br>
ACPI / scan: Apply default enumeration to devices with ACPI drivers<br>
<a href="https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git/commit/?h=next-20171018&id=f5beabfe61794d9a9d9549d387cda2bffd81e504" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://git.kernel.org/pub/<wbr>scm/linux/kernel/git/next/<wbr>linux-next.git/commit/?h=next-<wbr>20171018&id=<wbr>f5beabfe61794d9a9d9549d387cda2<wbr>bffd81e504</a><br>
6. BACKPORT-ACPI-scan-Fix-<wbr>enumeration-for-special-SPI-a.<wbr>patch<br>
ACPI / scan: Fix enumeration for special SPI and I2C devices<br>
<a href="https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=e4330d8bf669139a983255d1801733b64c2ae841" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://git.kernel.org/pub/<wbr>scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/<wbr>linux.git/commit/?id=<wbr>e4330d8bf669139a983255d1801733<wbr>b64c2ae841</a><br>
<br>
7. BACKPORT-i2c-xgene-slimpro-<wbr>Support-v2.patch<br>
i2c: xgene-slimpro: Support v2<br>
<a href="https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git/commit/?id=da24b8240fe6afdeef388a2ef1da662b25675a5a" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://git.kernel.org/pub/<wbr>scm/linux/kernel/git/next/<wbr>linux-next.git/commit/?id=<wbr>da24b8240fe6afdeef388a2ef1da66<wbr>2b25675a5a</a><br>
<br>
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8. printk-fix-name-type-scope-of-<wbr>preferred_console-var.patch<br>
printk: fix name/type/scope of preferred_console var<br>
<a href="https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=b077bafa2f3848ddfcef2ef3a4a61a867f9113b5" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://git.kernel.org/pub/<wbr>scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/<wbr>linux.git/commit/?id=<wbr>b077bafa2f3848ddfcef2ef3a4a61a<wbr>867f9113b5</a><br>
<br>
9. printk-rename-selected_<wbr>console-preferred_console.<wbr>patch<br>
printk: rename selected_console -> preferred_console<br>
<a href="https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=ad86ee2b8a47590f62a4f3bc1d25dc126d121cb9" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://git.kernel.org/pub/<wbr>scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/<wbr>linux.git/commit/?id=<wbr>ad86ee2b8a47590f62a4f3bc1d25dc<wbr>126d121cb9</a><br>
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10. printk-fix-double-printing-<wbr>with-earlycon.patch<br>
printk: fix double printing with earlycon<br>
<a href="https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=cf39bf58afdaabc0b86f141630fb3fd18190294e" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://git.kernel.org/pub/<wbr>scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/<wbr>linux.git/commit/?id=<wbr>cf39bf58afdaabc0b86f141630fb3f<wbr>d18190294e</a><br>
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The 2nd patch (8002) has a single patch. This one posted by Ard<br>
Biesheuvel <<a href="mailto:ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org">ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org</a>> is needed in order to resolve<br>
the following issue found in our tests.<br>
<br>
[ 2.843717] pci 0007:02:00.0: BAR 0: failed to claim resource for efifb!<br>
<br>
efifb-arm-arm64-validate-fb-<wbr>BAR-instead-of-claiming-.patch<br>
efifb: arm/arm64: validate fb BAR instead of claiming itlogin<br>
Not yet upstream<br>
<a href="https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/9674723/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://patchwork.kernel.org/<wbr>patch/9674723/</a><br>
<br>
Please let me know if you have any comments or need anything else in<br>
order to get them ported for CentOS 7.4 GA.<br>
<br>
Thanks<br>
<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">Charles<br>
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