Re: [patch] futex: Cure exit race

[Sasha Levin]

On Mon, Dec 10, 2018 at 10:16:03PM +0100, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> On Mon, 10 Dec 2018, Sasha Levin wrote:
> > This commit has been processed because it contains a -stable tag.
> > The stable tag indicates that it's relevant for the following trees: all
> >
> > The bot has tested the following trees: v4.19.8, v4.14.87, v4.9.144, v4.4.166, v3.18.128,
> >
> > v4.19.8: Build OK!
> > v4.14.87: Build OK!
> > v4.9.144: Build failed! Errors:
> >     kernel/futex.c:1186:28: error: ???uaddr??? undeclared (first use in this function)
> >
> > v4.4.166: Build failed! Errors:
> >     kernel/futex.c:1181:28: error: ???uaddr??? undeclared (first use in this function)
> >
> > v3.18.128: Build failed! Errors:
> >     kernel/futex.c:1103:28: error: ???uaddr??? undeclared (first use in this function)
> >
> > How should we proceed with this patch?
>
> I'll look into that once this is sorted... I so love these rotten kernels.

It seems we need:

	734009e96d19 ("futex: Change locking rules")

Which isn't trivial to backport.

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Thanks,
Sasha