Re: [PATCH 4.9.257 1/1] futex: Fix OWNER_DEAD fixup

[Greg KH]

On Mon, Feb 22, 2021 at 11:54:24AM +0000, Lee Jones wrote:
> On Mon, 22 Feb 2021, Zheng Yejian wrote:
> 
> > From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > 
> > commit a97cb0e7b3f4c6297fd857055ae8e895f402f501 upstream.
> > 
> > Both Geert and DaveJ reported that the recent futex commit:
> > 
> >   c1e2f0eaf015 ("futex: Avoid violating the 10th rule of futex")
> > 
> > introduced a problem with setting OWNER_DEAD. We set the bit on an
> > uninitialized variable and then entirely optimize it away as a
> > dead-store.
> > 
> > Move the setting of the bit to where it is more useful.
> > 
> > Reported-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Reported-by: Dave Jones <davej@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Fixes: c1e2f0eaf015 ("futex: Avoid violating the 10th rule of futex")
> > Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180122103947.GD2228@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Zheng Yejian <zhengyejian1@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >  kernel/futex.c | 7 +++----
> >  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> Reviewed-by: Lee Jones <lee.jones@xxxxxxxxxx>

This does not apply to the 4.9.y tree at all right now, are you all sure
you got the backport correct?

confused,

greg k-h