Re: [PATCH] hung_task: update DETECT_HUNG_TASK_BLOCKER Kconfig help

From: Xibo Wang

Date: Thu Jul 30 2026 - 02:32:39 EST


Hi Lance,

On Thu, Jul 30, 2026 at 12:47:35PM +0800, Lance Yang wrote:
> +Cc Petr
>
> get_maintainer.pl is your friend :) please use it next time.

Will do. Sorry for missing it.

> "holds the lock" seems too strong here...
>
> For semaphores we only have the last holder, and rwsem owner tracking is
> best-effort for readers. So this is only a possible blocker, not necessarily
> the current lock holder.

Agreed, that's a fair point. I'll adopt your suggested wording and also
Cc Petr in v2.

Thanks,
Xibo