This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 4.4.280 release. There are 11 patches in this series, all will be posted as a response to this one. If anyone has any issues with these being applied, please let me know. Responses should be made by Tue, 10 Aug 2021 07:22:11 +0000. Anything received after that time might be too late. The whole patch series can be found in one patch at: https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/stable-review/patch-4.4.280-rc1.gz or in the git tree and branch at: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable-rc.git linux-4.4.y and the diffstat can be found below. thanks, greg k-h ------------- Pseudo-Shortlog of commits: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Linux 4.4.280-rc1 Anna-Maria Gleixner <anna-maria@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> rcu: Update documentation of rcu_read_unlock() Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> futex,rt_mutex: Fix rt_mutex_cleanup_proxy_lock() Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> futex: Avoid freeing an active timer Mike Galbraith <efault@xxxxxx> futex: Handle transient "ownerless" rtmutex state correctly Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> rtmutex: Make wait_lock irq safe Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> futex: Futex_unlock_pi() determinism Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> futex: Rework futex_lock_pi() to use rt_mutex_*_proxy_lock() Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> futex: Pull rt_mutex_futex_unlock() out from under hb->lock Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> futex,rt_mutex: Introduce rt_mutex_init_waiter() Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> futex: Cleanup refcounting Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> futex: Rename free_pi_state() to put_pi_state() ------------- Diffstat: Makefile | 4 +- include/linux/rcupdate.h | 4 +- kernel/futex.c | 245 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------- kernel/locking/rtmutex.c | 185 ++++++++++++++++-------------- kernel/locking/rtmutex_common.h | 2 +- 5 files changed, 264 insertions(+), 176 deletions(-)
