Re: Patch "sched: Do not call __put_task_struct() on rt if pi_blocked_on is set" has been added to the 6.16-stable tree

[Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

On Sun, Aug 10, 2025 at 10:20:22PM -0300, Luis Claudio R. Goncalves wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 08, 2025 at 07:27:26PM -0400, Sasha Levin wrote:
> > This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
> > 
> >     sched: Do not call __put_task_struct() on rt if pi_blocked_on is set
> > 
> > to the 6.16-stable tree which can be found at:
> >     http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
> > 
> > The filename of the patch is:
> >      sched-do-not-call-__put_task_struct-on-rt-if-pi_bloc.patch
> > and it can be found in the queue-6.16 subdirectory.
> > 
> > If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
> > please let <stable@vger.kernel.org> know about it.
> 
> Hi Sasha!
> 
> I am the author of that patch and I sent a follow-up patch that fixes a
> mistake I made on the original patch:
> 
>     [RESEND PATCH] sched: restore the behavior of put_task_struct() for non-rt
>     https://lore.kernel.org/all/aJOwe_ZS5rHXMrsO@uudg.org/
> 
> The patch you have does not match what is in the description. I unfortunately
> sent the wrong version of the patch on the verge of leaving for a long vacation
> and only noticed that when I returned. The code is correct, but does not
> match the commit description and is a change that I would like to propose
> later as an RFC, not the simpler bugfix originally intended.
> 
> I suggest waiting for the follow-up patch mentioned above to include both on
> stable kernels.

Ok, I'll go drop this now but please let us know when both patches
shoudl be added.

thanks,

greg k-h