linux-kernel - [GIT PULL] locking/urgent for 5.19

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Message-ID: <YuZRWvbk4msK+M1p@zn.tnic>
Date:   Sun, 31 Jul 2022 11:54:34 +0200
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>
To:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     x86-ml <x86@...nel.org>, lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [GIT PULL] locking/urgent for 5.19

Hi Linus,

please pull one last-minute rwsem locking fix for 5.19.

Thx.

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The following changes since commit e0dccc3b76fb35bb257b4118367a883073d7390e:

  Linux 5.19-rc8 (2022-07-24 13:26:27 -0700)

are available in the Git repository at:

  git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip.git tags/locking_urgent_for_v5.19

for you to fetch changes up to 6eebd5fb20838f5971ba17df9f55cc4f84a31053:

  locking/rwsem: Allow slowpath writer to ignore handoff bit if not set by first waiter (2022-07-30 10:58:28 +0200)

----------------------------------------------------------------
- Avoid rwsem lockups in certain situations when handling the handoff bit

----------------------------------------------------------------
Waiman Long (1):
      locking/rwsem: Allow slowpath writer to ignore handoff bit if not set by first waiter

 kernel/locking/rwsem.c | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++----------
 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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