Re: [PATCH] cgroup/cpuset: fix circular locking dependency

From: Paul E. McKenney
Date: Wed Jan 10 2018 - 17:12:39 EST


On Wed, Jan 10, 2018 at 01:41:01PM -0800, Tejun Heo wrote:
> Hello, Paul.
>
> On Wed, Jan 10, 2018 at 12:08:21PM -0800, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> > And one additional question... How are we pushing this upstream? By
> > default, I would push things starting this late into the merge window
> > following the next one (v4.17), but would be more than willing to make
> > an exception given that this fixes a valid real-world complaint.
>
> I put the workqueue part in the fixes branch. If there's gonna be
> another rc, I'm gonna push it to Linus. If not, I'll push when the
> next window opens. I think either way should be fine.
>
> > For that matter, if you would rather push my commit along with your pair
> > of commits, that works for me! Either way, please just let me know.
>
> Oh, let's push these through their respective trees. Please take the
> RCU one through the usual RCU tree.

Works for me!

> Thank you very much.

And to you!

Thanx, Paul