Re: Is "fix shm_file deletion races" patch required by 3.4.x ?

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On 12/11/2013 12:14 PM, Greg KH wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 10:13:29AM +0100, Francis Moreau wrote:
>> Hi Greg (KH),
>>
>> On 12/10/2013 11:44 AM, Francis Moreau wrote:
>>> Hi Greg,
>>>
>>> I'm wondering if the patch you already submitted for 3.10, 3.11 and 3.12
>>> stable trees is also required by 3.4 stable one ?
>>>
>>> The patch I'm talking about is "ipc,shm: fix shm_file deletion races"
>>
>> Maybe you have an idea ?
> 
> Let me turn it around the other way, why do you think it is needed for
> 3.4?  Does it apply there?  Do you have this problem with the 3.4
> kernel?

After a quick look at the patch, I *think* 3.4 is suffering the same
issue (maybe older kernels do too): it also does the "fput()" thing
after releasing the lock.

But I'm really not sure.

And no I haven't met this problem with 3.4.

Thanks.

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