linux-kernel - Re: RCU bug with v3.17-rc3 ?

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Date:	Wed, 15 Oct 2014 22:25:13 +0100
From:	Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@....linux.org.uk>
To:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
Cc:	David Laight <David.Laight@...LAB.COM>,
	'Nathan Lynch' <Nathan_Lynch@...tor.com>,
	Felipe Balbi <balbi@...com>, Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>,
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	Tony Lindgren <tony@...mide.com>,
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	Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>,
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	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
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Subject: Re: RCU bug with v3.17-rc3 ?

On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 10:23:10PM +0100, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
> As I said, I have a patch in progress, but it seems that there needed
> to be some discussion about exactly which compiler versions are affected.
> It seems that it's not as trivial as looking at the GCC bug entry.

... and in any case, it has been a known bug for well over a year now,
and it seems that it doesn't affect _that_ many people.  So taking some
extra time to get it properly correct is the _right_ thing to do.

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