On Tue, Dec 17, 2024 at 09:30:51AM -0500, Brian Geffon wrote: > On Thu, Dec 12, 2024 at 12:14 PM Brian Geffon <bgeffon@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > On Wed, Oct 16, 2024 at 03:05:38PM -0400, Brian Geffon wrote: > > > On Wed, Oct 16, 2024 at 03:10:34PM +0200, Christian Brauner wrote: > > > > On Fri, 26 Apr 2024 16:05:48 +0800, Xuewen Yan wrote: > > > > > Now, the epoll only use wake_up() interface to wake up task. > > > > > However, sometimes, there are epoll users which want to use > > > > > the synchronous wakeup flag to hint the scheduler, such as > > > > > Android binder driver. > > > > > So add a wake_up_sync() define, and use the wake_up_sync() > > > > > when the sync is true in ep_poll_callback(). > > > > > > > > > > [...] > > > > > > > > Applied to the vfs.misc branch of the vfs/vfs.git tree. > > > > Patches in the vfs.misc branch should appear in linux-next soon. > > > > > > > > Please report any outstanding bugs that were missed during review in a > > > > new review to the original patch series allowing us to drop it. > > > > > > > > It's encouraged to provide Acked-bys and Reviewed-bys even though the > > > > patch has now been applied. If possible patch trailers will be updated. > > > > > > > > Note that commit hashes shown below are subject to change due to rebase, > > > > trailer updates or similar. If in doubt, please check the listed branch. > > > > > > > > tree: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs.git > > > > branch: vfs.misc > > > > > > This is a bug that's been present for all of time, so I think we should: > > > > > > Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2") > > > Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > This is in as 900bbaae ("epoll: Add synchronous wakeup support for > > ep_poll_callback"). How do maintainers feel about: > > > > Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2") > > Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Dear stable maintainers, this fixes a bug goes all the way back and > beyond Linux 2.6.12-rc2. Can you please add this commit to the stable > releases? > > commit 900bbaae67e980945dec74d36f8afe0de7556d5a upstream. How is this a bugfix? It looks like it is just a new feature being added to epoll, what bug does it "fix"? confused, greg k-h
