Re: [PATCH 5.2 038/413] signal/cifs: Fix cifs_put_tcp_session to call send_sig instead of force_sig

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Thu Jul 25 2019 - 14:03:36 EST


On Wed, Jul 24, 2019 at 03:49:32PM -0500, Steve French wrote:
> Note that this patch causes a regression (removing cifs module fails,
> due to unmount leaking a thread with this change).
>
> We are testing a workaround to cifs.ko which would be needed if this
> patch were to be backported.

I've now dropped this from all of the stable queues. If you all figure
this out, please let us know and we will be glad to queue this up, along
with the fix.

thanks,

greg k-h