Re: [PATCH 3.18 11/61] workqueue: fix subtle pool management issue which can stall whole worker_pool

From: Tejun Heo
Date: Tue Jan 27 2015 - 21:25:08 EST


On Wed, Jan 28, 2015 at 09:51:54AM +0800, Lai Jiangshan wrote:
> On 01/28/2015 09:26 AM, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > 3.18-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.
>
>
> I don't think it is a bug-fix.
> It is just a good cleanup.

It is a bug fix, for a rare but potentially critical issue. Please
read the patch description. It contains ample information on what's
broken and also the link to the original bug report.

Thanks.

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tejun
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