# \[PATCH V4 1/2\] ACPI / EC: Fix broken 64bit big-endian users of 'global\_lock'

- From: Viresh Kumar \<viresh.kumar@linaro.org\>
- Date: 2015-09-27 14:35:24 
- List: linux-arm-kernel
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-arm-kernel/2015/09/4584484
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-acpi/2015/09/4583751/t.md

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On 26 September 2015 at 22:31, Jiri Slaby [ref] wrote:
> But this has to crash whenever the file is read as val's storage is gone at
> that moment already, right?

Yeah, its fixed now in the new version. This was a *really* bad idea :(
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