linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] cgroup/cpuset: fix circular locking dependency

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Date:   Wed, 10 Jan 2018 14:10:40 -0800
From:   "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:     Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
Cc:     Prateek Sood <prsood@...eaurora.org>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>, avagin@...il.com,
        mingo@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        cgroups@...r.kernel.org, sramana@...eaurora.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] cgroup/cpuset: fix circular locking dependency

On Wed, Jan 10, 2018 at 01:41:01PM -0800, Tejun Heo wrote:
> Hello, Paul.
> 
> On Wed, Jan 10, 2018 at 12:08:21PM -0800, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> > And one additional question...  How are we pushing this upstream?  By
> > default, I would push things starting this late into the merge window
> > following the next one (v4.17), but would be more than willing to make
> > an exception given that this fixes a valid real-world complaint.
> 
> I put the workqueue part in the fixes branch.  If there's gonna be
> another rc, I'm gonna push it to Linus.  If not, I'll push when the
> next window opens.  I think either way should be fine.
> 
> > For that matter, if you would rather push my commit along with your pair
> > of commits, that works for me!  Either way, please just let me know.
> 
> Oh, let's push these through their respective trees.  Please take the
> RCU one through the usual RCU tree.

Works for me!

> Thank you very much.

And to you!

							Thanx, Paul