linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ANDROID: binder: call poll

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Message-ID: <CAB0TPYGC29PF5C2SH2PxLtcfH6TZ3YHp=0sxoPYMr_fD0iz6-w@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Mon, 9 Oct 2017 14:46:42 +0200
From:   Martijn Coenen <maco@...roid.com>
To:     Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org>, Todd Kjos <tkjos@...gle.com>,
        Arve Hjønnevåg <arve@...roid.com>,
        devel@...verdev.osuosl.org, Iliyan Malchev <malchev@...gle.com>,
        Martijn Coenen <maco@...gle.com>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ANDROID: binder: call poll_wait() unconditionally.

On Mon, Oct 9, 2017 at 2:37 PM, Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org> wrote:
> Does this need to get into 4.14-final, or is 4.15-rc1 ok?  I'm a bit
> lost as to which patches I applied to what tree...

This fixes a race that is somewhat hard to hit, I've only ever seen it
with test code that creates the right conditions. But when it does hit
it's pretty bad (process blocks forever), so 4.14 would be my
preference. I just looked at v4.14-rc4 and it applied cleanly.

>
> thanks,
>
> greg "drowning in trees" k-h