Re: [patch] futex: Cure exit race

From: Thomas Gleixner
Date: Tue Dec 11 2018 - 05:30:34 EST


On Mon, 10 Dec 2018, Sasha Levin wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 10, 2018 at 10:16:03PM +0100, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> > On Mon, 10 Dec 2018, Sasha Levin wrote:
> > > How should we proceed with this patch?
> >
> > I'll look into that once this is sorted... I so love these rotten kernels.
>
> It seems we need:
>
> 734009e96d19 ("futex: Change locking rules")
>
> Which isn't trivial to backport.

It's simpler to backport the fix. I'll look at that once we agreed on the
final solution.

Thanks,

tglx