Re:Linux futex_wait() bug – update to latest patches now
by kasabali on Thursday May 14, 2015 @07:11AM
(#9544381)
Fix commit and OP claims bug was introduced in [1], which has been never backported to 3.2.x, so I assume lack of default case was not a problem before that commit.
> And your links are using atomic_inc().. What that means with regards to this bug? I don't know.
It means they are simply old versions and they were never affected by the bug, if we believe the commit message of the fix commit and OP.
Re:Linux futex_wait() bug – update to latest patches now
by buster on Thursday May 14, 2015 @08:23AM
(#9544672)
Or not recognized.. But you are right, i suppose that the atomic_inc() doesn't need a memory barrier because it's atomic and the new function may need one, guessing.
> And your links are using atomic_inc().. What that means with regards to this bug? I don't know.
It means they are simply old versions and they were never affected by the bug, if we believe the commit message of the fix commit and OP.
[1] https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/b0c29f79ecea0b6fbce...