linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] locking fix

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Date:   Thu, 16 May 2019 11:42:58 -0700
From:   Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
Cc:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>, stable <stable@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux List Kernel Mailing <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] locking fix

On Thu, May 16, 2019 at 11:39 AM Greg KH <greg@...ah.com> wrote:
>
> Thanks, I'll work on that later tonight...

Note that it probably is almost entirely impossible to trigger the
problem in practice, so it's not like this is a particularly important
stable back-port.

I just happened to look at it and go "hmm, it's not _marked_ for stable".

                  Linus