linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] rtmutex: Fix comment about why new_owner can be NULL in wake_futex

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Date:	Tue, 11 Jan 2011 12:09:14 +0100
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Darren Hart <darren@...art.com>,
	Lai Jiangshan <eag0628@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] rtmutex: Fix comment about why new_owner can be NULL
 in wake_futex_pi()


* Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org> wrote:

> 
> Ingo,
> 
> While porting Lai Jiangshan's rt-pi patch to the -rt kernel, I found
> that the comment about why rt_mutex_next_owner() can return NULL is
> incorrect. This caused Lai to remove the following if condition, which
> caused a bit of headache in debugging why his patch was causing a crash.
> 
> Please pull the latest tip/futex tree, which can be found at:
> 
>   git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rostedt/linux-2.6-trace.git
> tip/futex
> 
> 
> Steven Rostedt (1):
>       rtmutex: Fix comment about why new_owner can be NULL in wake_futex_pi()
> 
> ----
>  kernel/futex.c |    7 +++----
>  1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

Pulled into tip:core/urgent, thanks Steve!

	Ingo
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