linux-kernel - [PATCH RT 09/16] Revert "futex: Ensure lock/unlock symetry versus pi

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Date:   Fri, 19 Jul 2019 17:49:40 -0400
From:   Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-rt-users <linux-rt-users@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Carsten Emde <C.Emde@...dl.org>,
        Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>,
        John Kacur <jkacur@...hat.com>,
        Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>,
        Julia Cartwright <julia@...com>,
        Daniel Wagner <wagi@...om.org>, tom.zanussi@...ux.intel.com
Subject: [PATCH RT 09/16] Revert "futex: Ensure lock/unlock symetry versus pi_lock and hash
 bucket lock"

4.19.59-rt24-rc1 stable review patch.
If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>

[ Upstream commit 6a773b70cf105b46298ed3b44e77c102ce31d9ec ]

Drop the RT fixup, the futex code will be changed to avoid the need for
the workaround.

Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@...dmis.org>
---
 kernel/futex.c | 2 --
 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/futex.c b/kernel/futex.c
index fe90164aa6ec..a58af833bb77 100644
--- a/kernel/futex.c
+++ b/kernel/futex.c
@@ -918,9 +918,7 @@ void exit_pi_state_list(struct task_struct *curr)
 		if (head->next != next) {
 			/* retain curr->pi_lock for the loop invariant */
 			raw_spin_unlock(&pi_state->pi_mutex.wait_lock);
-			raw_spin_unlock_irq(&curr->pi_lock);
 			spin_unlock(&hb->lock);
-			raw_spin_lock_irq(&curr->pi_lock);
 			put_pi_state(pi_state);
 			continue;
 		}
-- 
2.20.1