From: Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com>
To: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Cc: Manfred Spraul <manfred@colorfullife.com>,
LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
Davidlohr Bueso <davidlohr.bueso@hp.com>,
hhuang@redhat.com, Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/4] ipc/sem.c: Bug fixes, regression fixes, v3
Date: Mon, 27 May 2013 13:50:38 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <51A39CEE.9030303@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20130527020459.GA7365@kroah.com>
On 05/26/2013 10:04 PM, Greg KH wrote:
> On Sun, May 26, 2013 at 11:08:51AM +0200, Manfred Spraul wrote:
>> I've split my patch into 4 parts:
>> - 1: Fix-missing-wakeups-in-do_smart_update
>> - 2: seperate-wait-for-zero-and-alter-tasks
>> - 3: Always-use-only-one-queue-for-alter-operations
>> - 4: Rename-try_atomic_semop-to-perform_atomic
>>
>> Linus:
>> - Patch 1 should be merged immediately: It fixes bugs,
>> the current code misses wakeups.
>
> Should this patch be backported to 3.9 and maybe older kernels as well?
No need, the new semaphore code (with this last regression)
did not get merged until the 3.10 merge window.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-05-27 17:50 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-05-26 9:08 [PATCH 0/4] ipc/sem.c: Bug fixes, regression fixes, v3 Manfred Spraul
2013-05-26 9:08 ` [PATCH 1/4] ipc/sem.c: Fix missing wakeups in do_smart_update_queue() Manfred Spraul
2013-05-27 17:51 ` Rik van Riel
2013-05-27 19:53 ` Manfred Spraul
2013-05-26 9:08 ` [PATCH 2/4] ipc/sem: seperate wait-for-zero and alter tasks into seperate queues Manfred Spraul
2013-05-27 17:57 ` Rik van Riel
2013-06-01 9:20 ` Manfred Spraul
2013-06-01 10:03 ` Mike Galbraith
2013-06-01 10:05 ` Mike Galbraith
2013-06-01 11:04 ` Mike Galbraith
2013-06-01 11:52 ` Manfred Spraul
2013-05-26 9:08 ` [PATCH 3/4] ipc/sem.c: Always use only one queue for alter operations Manfred Spraul
2013-05-27 18:00 ` Rik van Riel
2013-05-26 9:08 ` [PATCH 4/4] ipc/sem.c: Rename try_atomic_semop() to perform_atomic_semop(), docu update Manfred Spraul
2013-05-27 17:59 ` Rik van Riel
2013-05-26 17:37 ` [PATCH 0/4] ipc/sem.c: Bug fixes, regression fixes, v3 Linus Torvalds
2013-05-26 20:50 ` Davidlohr Bueso
2013-05-26 22:59 ` Linus Torvalds
2013-05-27 15:57 ` Manfred Spraul
2013-05-28 20:37 ` Davidlohr Bueso
2013-05-27 2:04 ` Greg KH
2013-05-27 17:50 ` Rik van Riel [this message]
2013-05-27 19:57 ` Greg KH
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