* Steven Rostedt | 2015-01-21 15:13:52 [-0500]: >On Wed, 14 Jan 2015 15:11:38 -0600 >"Brad Mouring" <bmouring@xxxxxx> wrote: > >> In task_blocks_on_lock, there's a null check on pi_blocked_on >> of the task_struct. This pointer can encode the fact that the >> task that contains the pointer is waking (preventing requeuing) >> and therefore is non-null. Use the inline function to avoid >> dereferencing an invalid "pointer" > >Yep, this looks legit. I can apply it to the series I maintain. I added it to v3.18 with a stable tag. I don't know why this did not pop-up earlier or if this is part of the rtmutex re-write. >-- Steve Sebastian -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-rt-users" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
