On Mon, Feb 22, 2021 at 10:11:37PM +0800, Xiaoming Ni wrote: > On 2021/2/22 20:09, Greg KH wrote: > > On Mon, Feb 22, 2021 at 06:54:06PM +0800, Xiaoming Ni wrote: > > > On 2021/2/22 18:16, Greg KH wrote: > > > > On Mon, Feb 22, 2021 at 03:03:28PM +0800, Xiaoming Ni wrote: > > > > > From: Thomas Gleixner<tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > > > > > > > > commit ac31c7ff8624409ba3c4901df9237a616c187a5d upstream. > > > > This commit is already in the 4.9 tree. If the backport was incorrect, > > > > say that here, and describe what went wrong and why this commit fixes > > > > it. > > > > > > > > Also state what commit this fixes as well, otherwise this changelog just > > > > looks like it is being applied again to the tree, which doesn't make > > > > much sense. > > > > > > > > thanks, > > > > > > > > greg k-h > > > > . > > > > > > I wrote a cover for it. but forgot to adjust the title of the cover: > > > > > > https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20210222070328.102384-1-nixiaoming@xxxxxxxxxx/ > > > > > > > > > I found a dead code in the queue/4.9 branch of the stable-rc repository. > > > > > > 2021-02-03: > > > commit c27f392040e2f6 ("futex: Provide distinct return value when > > > owner is exiting") > > > The function handle_exit_race does not exist. Therefore, the > > > change in handle_exit_race() is ignored in the patch round. > > > > > > 2021-02-22: > > > commit e55cb811e612 ("futex: Cure exit race") > > > Define the handle_exit_race() function, > > > but no branch in the function returns EBUSY. > > > As a result, dead code occurs in the attach_to_pi_owner(): > > > > > > int ret = handle_exit_race(uaddr, uval, p); > > > ... > > > if (ret == -EBUSY) > > > *exiting = p; /* dead code */ > > > > > > To fix the dead code, modify the commit e55cb811e612 ("futex: Cure exit > > > race"), > > > or install a patch to incorporate the changes in handle_exit_race(). > > > > > > I am unfamiliar with the processing of the stable-rc queue branch, > > > and I cannot find the patch mail of the current branch in > > > https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/?q=%22futex%3A+Cure+exit+race%22 > > > Therefore, I re-integrated commit ac31c7ff8624 ("futex: Provide distinct > > > return value when owner is exiting"). > > > And wrote a cover (but forgot to adjust the title of the cover): > > > > > > https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20210222070328.102384-1-nixiaoming@xxxxxxxxxx/ > > > > So this is a "fixup" patch, right? > > > > Please clearly label it as such in your patch description and resend > > this as what is here I can not apply at all. > > > > thanks, > > > > greg k-h > > . > > > Thank you for your guidance. > I have updated the patch description and resent the patch based on > v4.9.258-rc1 > https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20210222125352.110124-1-nixiaoming@xxxxxxxxxx/ Can you please try 4.9.258 and let me know if this is still needed or not? thanks, greg k-h
