linux-kernel - Re: [tip: locking/urgent] futex: Handle transient "ownerless" rtmutex state correctly

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Date:   Sat, 07 Nov 2020 22:07:54 +0100
From:   Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:     Mike Galbraith <efault@....de>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Gratian Crisan <gratian.crisan@...com>, stable@...r.kernel.org,
        x86 <x86@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [tip: locking/urgent] futex: Handle transient "ownerless" rtmutex state correctly

On Sat, Nov 07 2020 at 18:05, Mike Galbraith wrote:
> On Fri, 2020-11-06 at 21:26 +0000, tip-bot2 for Mike Galbraith wrote:
>> +		if (unlikely(!newowner)) {
>> +			ret = -EAGAIN;
>                         ^^^
>
> My box just discovered an unnoticed typo.  That 'ret' should read 'err'
> so we goto retry, else fbomb_v2 proggy will trigger gripeage.

Bah. I noticed and wanted to fix it before committing and then
forgot. Fixed now.