linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 01/14] staging: binder: Fix death notifications

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Message-ID: <20140218190245.GA27455@kroah.com>
Date:	Tue, 18 Feb 2014 11:02:45 -0800
From:	Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:	John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Arve Hjønnevåg <arve@...roid.com>,
	Colin Cross <ccross@...roid.com>,
	Android Kernel Team <kernel-team@...roid.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/14] staging: binder: Fix death notifications

On Mon, Feb 17, 2014 at 01:58:29PM -0800, John Stultz wrote:
> From: Arve Hjønnevåg <arve@...roid.com>
> 
> The change (008fa749e0fe5b2fffd20b7fe4891bb80d072c6a) that moved the
> node release code to a separate function broke death notifications in
> some cases. When it encountered a reference without a death
> notification request, it would skip looking at the remaining
> references, and therefore fail to send death notifications for them.
> 
> Cc: Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
> Cc: Colin Cross <ccross@...roid.com>
> Cc: Arve Hjønnevåg <arve@...roid.com>
> Cc: Android Kernel Team <kernel-team@...roid.com>
> Signed-off-by: Arve Hjønnevåg <arve@...roid.com>
> Signed-off-by: John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org>
> ---
>  drivers/staging/android/binder.c | 3 +--
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

As this broke in 3.10, shouldn't this go to staging-linus and get
backported to the stable trees too?

thanks,

greg k-h
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