Re: [PATCH 1/6] [2.6.29] epoll: fix for epoll_wait sometimes returning events on closed fds

Tony Battersby
2009-02-24T20:52:54Z

Davide Libenzi wrote:
> No. Like it has been explained, MT applications can report events for
> closed files anyway. It is a matter of where the close() happen in time
> (pretty easy to figure out if you make a time/thread chart).
> As for the other patches, some could be applied, but I didn't look at them
> deeply and I need time to review them. Will take time to review them
> tomorrow or the day after.
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> - Davide
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OK then. Not the answer I wanted, but that's life. Good news for
everyone else though - there is no need to remake the patches already in
-mm. So please ignore the patches marked [2.6.29] and use the patches
marked [-mm] instead (excluding patch #1, which has now been rejected).

Tony