This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled ipc,msg: drop msg_unlock to the 3.10-stable tree which can be found at: http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary The filename of the patch is: ipc-msg-drop-msg_unlock.patch and it can be found in the queue-3.10 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it. >From 4718787d1f626f45ddb239912bc07266b9880044 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Davidlohr Bueso <davidlohr.bueso@xxxxxx> Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2013 14:26:25 -0700 Subject: ipc,msg: drop msg_unlock From: Davidlohr Bueso <davidlohr.bueso@xxxxxx> commit 4718787d1f626f45ddb239912bc07266b9880044 upstream. There is only one user left, drop this function and just call ipc_unlock_object() and rcu_read_unlock(). Signed-off-by: Davidlohr Bueso <davidlohr.bueso@xxxxxx> Tested-by: Sedat Dilek <sedat.dilek@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Rik van Riel <riel@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Manfred Spraul <manfred@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@xxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- ipc/msg.c | 5 ++--- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) --- a/ipc/msg.c +++ b/ipc/msg.c @@ -70,8 +70,6 @@ struct msg_sender { #define msg_ids(ns) ((ns)->ids[IPC_MSG_IDS]) -#define msg_unlock(msq) ipc_unlock(&(msq)->q_perm) - static void freeque(struct ipc_namespace *, struct kern_ipc_perm *); static int newque(struct ipc_namespace *, struct ipc_params *); #ifdef CONFIG_PROC_FS @@ -270,7 +268,8 @@ static void freeque(struct ipc_namespace expunge_all(msq, -EIDRM); ss_wakeup(&msq->q_senders, 1); msg_rmid(ns, msq); - msg_unlock(msq); + ipc_unlock_object(&msq->q_perm); + rcu_read_unlock(); list_for_each_entry_safe(msg, t, &msq->q_messages, m_list) { atomic_dec(&ns->msg_hdrs); Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from davidlohr.bueso@xxxxxx are queue-3.10/ipc-drop-ipc_lock_by_ptr.patch queue-3.10/ipc-msg-drop-msg_unlock.patch queue-3.10/ipc-shm-shorten-critical-region-in-shmctl_down.patch queue-3.10/ipc-msg-introduce-lockless-functions-to-obtain-the-ipc-object.patch queue-3.10/ipc-msg-shorten-critical-region-in-msgctl_down.patch queue-3.10/ipc-rename-ids-rw_mutex.patch queue-3.10/ipc-shm-introduce-lockless-functions-to-obtain-the-ipc-object.patch queue-3.10/ipc-remove-unused-functions.patch queue-3.10/ipc-shm-shorten-critical-region-for-shmat.patch queue-3.10/ipc-msg-introduce-msgctl_nolock.patch queue-3.10/ipc-move-rcu-lock-out-of-ipc_addid.patch queue-3.10/ipc-sem-separate-wait-for-zero-and-alter-tasks-into-seperate-queues.patch queue-3.10/ipc-shm-shorten-critical-region-for-shmctl.patch queue-3.10/ipc-msg-shorten-critical-region-in-msgsnd.patch queue-3.10/ipc-shm-introduce-shmctl_nolock.patch queue-3.10/ipc-drop-ipcctl_pre_down.patch queue-3.10/ipc-document-general-ipc-locking-scheme.patch queue-3.10/ipc-util.c-ipc_rcu_alloc-cacheline-align-allocation.patch queue-3.10/ipc-shm-drop-shm_lock_check.patch queue-3.10/ipc-introduce-ipc-object-locking-helpers.patch queue-3.10/ipc-sem.c-cacheline-align-the-semaphore-structures.patch queue-3.10/ipc-msg-shorten-critical-region-in-msgrcv.patch queue-3.10/ipc-msg-make-msgctl_nolock-lockless.patch queue-3.10/ipc-shm-guard-against-non-existant-vma-in-shmdt-2.patch queue-3.10/ipc-sem.c-always-use-only-one-queue-for-alter-operations.patch queue-3.10/ipc-shm-cleanup-do_shmat-pasta.patch queue-3.10/ipc-move-locking-out-of-ipcctl_pre_down_nolock.patch queue-3.10/ipc-close-open-coded-spin-lock-calls.patch queue-3.10/ipc-sem.c-rename-try_atomic_semop-to-perform_atomic_semop-docu-update.patch queue-3.10/ipc-shm-make-shmctl_nolock-lockless.patch queue-3.10/ipc-sem.c-replace-shared-sem_otime-with-per-semaphore-value.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html