linux-kernel - Re: [patch] futex: Cure exit race

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Date:   Tue, 11 Dec 2018 11:29:49 +0100 (CET)
From:   Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:     Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch] futex: Cure exit race

On Mon, 10 Dec 2018, Sasha Levin wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 10, 2018 at 10:16:03PM +0100, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> > On Mon, 10 Dec 2018, Sasha Levin wrote:
> > > How should we proceed with this patch?
> > 
> > I'll look into that once this is sorted... I so love these rotten kernels.
> 
> It seems we need:
> 
> 	734009e96d19 ("futex: Change locking rules")
> 
> Which isn't trivial to backport.

It's simpler to backport the fix. I'll look at that once we agreed on the
final solution.

Thanks,

	tglx