linux-kernel - Re: fanotify: don't merge permission events

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Date:	Sun, 20 Oct 2013 16:25:56 +0100
From:	Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
To:	Mihai Donțu <mihai.dontu@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: fanotify: don't merge permission events

On Tue, 2013-09-24 at 20:41 +0300, Mihai Donțu wrote:
> Ben, Greg,
> 
> Can you pull this[1] patch into your stable kernels (3.2, 3.4)? It
> fixes an unfortunate bug in fanotify where a multithreaded application
> can end up in an interruptible state, a situation which only a reboot
> can fix. Ultimately, I'm hoping that the fix ends up in Ubuntu's
> kernels (for which I have also created a request[2]).
> 
> Thank you,
> 
> [1] https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git/commit/fs/notify/fanotify?id=03a1cec1f17ac1a6041996b3e40f96b5a2f90e1b
> [2] https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1148084

Queued up for 3.2, thanks.

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
Tomorrow will be cancelled due to lack of interest.

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