linux-kernel - Re: [ 27/27] tty: dont deadlock while flushing workqueue

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Date:	Mon, 15 Apr 2013 12:50:38 -0700
From:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:	Peter Hurley <peter@...leysoftware.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org,
	Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>,
	Bryan ODonoghue <bryan.odonoghue.lkml@...us-software.ie>
Subject: Re: [ 27/27] tty: dont deadlock while flushing workqueue

On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 03:37:36PM -0400, Peter Hurley wrote:
> [ -cc Alan Cox ]
> 
> On Sun, 2013-04-14 at 19:43 -0700, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > 3.8-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.
> > 
> > ------------------
> > 
> > From: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>
> > 
> > commit 852e4a8152b427c3f318bb0e1b5e938d64dcdc32 upstream.
> 
> Greg,
> 
> So many other serious error conditions are possible here, it seems
> pointless to add this to 3.8-stable.

The submitter said it fixed a real problem that they were having in the
3.8 kernel, so I think it is relevant for that reason alone.

thanks,

greg k-h
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