linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL 2/7] intel_th: msu: Fix an uninitialized mutex

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Message-ID: <874kzkf963.fsf@ashishki-desk.ger.corp.intel.com>
Date:   Mon, 04 Nov 2019 08:27:32 +0200
From:   Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>,
        alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL 2/7] intel_th: msu: Fix an uninitialized mutex

Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org> writes:

> On Mon, Oct 28, 2019 at 09:06:46AM +0200, Alexander Shishkin wrote:
>> Commit 615c164da0eb ("intel_th: msu: Introduce buffer interface") added a
>> mutex that it forgot to initialize, resulting in a lockdep splat.
>> 
>> Fix that by initializing the mutex statically.
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>
>> Reviewed-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
>> ---
>>  drivers/hwtracing/intel_th/msu.c | 2 +-
>>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> Again, no fixes or stable?

Same as the other one: fixes makes sense, but cc: stable -- not so
much.

Thanks,
--
Alex