Re: [PATCH 00/62] Bug fixes and refactoring patches related to locking
From: Peter Zijlstra
Date: Mon Feb 23 2026 - 17:03:48 EST
On Mon, Feb 23, 2026 at 01:50:15PM -0800, Bart Van Assche wrote:
> Hi Peter,
>
> Annotating all source files in the kernel tree with lock context annotations
> led to the discovery of a significant number of locking bugs. This patch
> series includes fixes for the discovered bugs. Additionally, multiple
> refactoring patches have been included that make it easier for the compiler
> to verify correctness of locking operations. Please consider this patch series
> for the next merge window.
Should we not rather have the various maintainers take the bits relevant
to them? This seems all rather orthogonal at this point.