linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ANDROID: binder: remove waitqueue when thread exits.

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Date:   Fri, 5 Jan 2018 13:54:11 +0100
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>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
        Martijn Coenen <maco@...gle.com>,
        Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ANDROID: binder: remove waitqueue when thread exits.

On Fri, Jan 5, 2018 at 1:20 PM, Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org> wrote:
> Should this be a 4.15-final thing, as well as backported to any range of
> older kernels?

This was found by syzkaller and wouldn't be hit in normal code paths,
so I think it's not critical for 4.15. This code was introduced in
4.14, so it should be backported there (let me know if it doesn't
apply cleanly - I think it should).

Thanks,
Martijn