linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] brown paper bag fix for SIGPOLL si

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Message-ID: <87shfi2sg3.fsf@xmission.com>
Date:   Tue, 19 Sep 2017 18:13:00 -0500
From:   ebiederm@...ssion.com (Eric W. Biederman)
To:     Vince Weaver <vincent.weaver@...ne.edu>
Cc:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] brown paper bag fix for SIGPOLL si_codes

Vince Weaver <vincent.weaver@...ne.edu> writes:

> On Tue, 19 Sep 2017, Eric W. Biederman wrote:
>
>> When sorting out the si_code ambiguity fcntl I accidentally overshot and
>> included SIGPOLL as well.  Ooops!  This is my trivial fix for that.
>> 
>> Vince Weaver caught this when it landed in your tree with his
>> perf_event_tests many of which started failing because the si_code changed.
>
> I've tested with this patch applied and can confirm all of my tests now 
> pass again.

And in my tiredness and distractedness doing this on my honeymoon
I forgot to include:

Fixes: d08477aa975e ("fcntl: Don't use ambiguous SIG_POLL si_codes")

Not that there are any backport issues since all of this is new with
-rc1.  But just in case someone needs the information for double
checking me.

Eric