Re: [PATCH] sunrpc/cache: drop reference when sunrpc_cache_pipe_upcall() detects a race

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On Tue, Mar 15, 2016 at 01:43:37PM +0100, William Dauchy wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> On Mon, Mar 14, 2016 at 9:38 PM, J. Bruce Fields <bfields@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Sorry for the delay.  I agree, it seems simple enough; applying for
> > 4.6....
> 
> It it something we can consider for stable?

It's an unlikely-looking race, I haven't seen it reported in the wild,
and the consequences are just a reference-count leak (though admittedly
those can sometimes cause crashes later--I haven't checked for that
here).

So I wasn't planning too, but any additional information's welcomed.

--b.
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