linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] futex: fix dead code in attach_to_pi

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Date:   Thu, 25 Feb 2021 16:56:10 +0800
From:   Xiaoming Ni <nixiaoming@...wei.com>
To:     Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
CC:     <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <stable@...r.kernel.org>,
        <sashal@...nel.org>, <tglx@...utronix.de>, <lee.jones@...aro.org>,
        <wangle6@...wei.com>, <zhengyejian1@...wei.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] futex: fix dead code in attach_to_pi_owner()

On 2021/2/25 16:25, Greg KH wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 22, 2021 at 08:53:52PM +0800, Xiaoming Ni wrote:
>> From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
>>
>> The handle_exit_race() function is defined in commit c158b461306df82
>>   ("futex: Cure exit race"), which never returns -EBUSY. This results
>> in a small piece of dead code in the attach_to_pi_owner() function:
>>
>> 	int ret = handle_exit_race(uaddr, uval, p); /* Never return -EBUSY */
>> 	...
>> 	if (ret == -EBUSY)
>> 		*exiting = p; /* dead code */
>>
>> The return value -EBUSY is added to handle_exit_race() in upsteam
>> commit ac31c7ff8624409 ("futex: Provide distinct return value when
>> owner is exiting"). This commit was incorporated into v4.9.255, before
>> the function handle_exit_race() was introduced, whitout Modify
>> handle_exit_race().
>>
>> To fix dead code, extract the change of handle_exit_race() from
>> commit ac31c7ff8624409 ("futex: Provide distinct return value when owner
>>   is exiting"), re-incorporated.
mainline:
ac31c7ff8624 futex: Provide distinct return value when owner is exiting

>>
>> Fixes: c158b461306df82 ("futex: Cure exit race")

stable linux-4.9.y
9c3f39860367 futex: Cure exit race
c27f392040e2 futex: Provide distinct return value when owner is exiting

>> Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org # 4.9.258-rc1
>> Signed-off-by: Xiaoming Ni <nixiaoming@...wei.com>
>> ---
>>   kernel/futex.c | 6 +++---
>>   1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> What is the git commit id of this patch in Linus's tree?
> 
> Also, what kernel tree(s) is this supposed to go to?
> 
> thanks,
> 
> greg k-h
> .
> 
Sorry, the commit id c158b461306df82 in the patch does not exist in the 
linux-stable repository.
The commit ID is from linux-stable-rc.

I corrected the commit id in a subsequent email, and added a branch 
label. 
https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20210224100923.51315-1-nixiaoming@huawei.com/

Sorry, I forgot to use "--in-reply-to=" when I sent the update patch.

This issue occurs only in the linux-4.9.y branch v4.9.258

Thanks
xiaoming Ni