linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] posix-cpu-timers: fix race between handle_posix_cpu_timers() and posix_cpu_timer

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Message-ID: <CAHk-=whhcUJU20xVOPRDOGH1Yvt6KD2ao=xDk_dk0qLHZHD1hw@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2025 10:55:51 -0700
From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...uxfoundation.org>
To: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
Cc: Benoît Sevens <bsevens@...gle.com>, 
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@...nel.org>, Zander Work <zdw@...gle.com>, 
	security@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] posix-cpu-timers: fix race between handle_posix_cpu_timers()
 and posix_cpu_timer_del()

On Fri, 13 Jun 2025 at 10:27, Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com> wrote:
>
> Add the tsk->exit_state check into run_posix_cpu_timers() to fix this.

Thanks, I'll just apply this directly since I've been cc'd on the
whole discussion anyway.

             Linus