Re: [PATCH] cpumask: fix lg_lock/br_lock.

From: Srivatsa S. Bhat
Date: Wed Feb 29 2012 - 00:44:43 EST


Hi Andrew,

On 02/29/2012 02:57 AM, Andrew Morton wrote:

> On Tue, 28 Feb 2012 09:43:59 +0100
> Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> This patch should also probably go upstream through the
>> locking/lockdep tree? Mind sending it us once you think it's
>> ready?
>
> Oh goody, that means you own
> http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=131419353511653&w=2.
>


That bug got fixed sometime around Dec 2011. See commit e30e2fdf
(VFS: Fix race between CPU hotplug and lglocks)

> I do think the brlock code is sick, but Nick has turned into an ex-Nick
> and nobody works on it.
>


Regards,
Srivatsa S. Bhat

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