Re: [PATCH] futex: Drop CLONE_THREAD requirement for private default hash alloc

[Linus Torvalds]

On Fri, 1 May 2026 at 12:41, Davidlohr Bueso <dave@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> Loosen the check to cover any CLONE_VM clone, except vfork(). Excluding
> vfork keeps the existing paths untouched (no overhead), and we can't
> race in the first place: either the parent is suspended and the child runs
> alone, or mm->futex_ref is already allocated from an earlier CLONE_THREAD.

That "earlier CLONE_THREAD" should presumably be "earlier CLONE_VM", no?

         Linus