On 07/14/2016 06:09 PM, Steven Rostedt wrote: > On Thu, 14 Jul 2016 18:05:04 +0200 > Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <[email protected]> wrote: > >> There should be no need to hold the base lock during the wakeup. There >> should be no boosting involved, the wakeup list has its own lock so it >> should be safe to do this without the lock. >> >> Cc: [email protected] > > Nothing against this patch, but as you marked it for stable, can you > add to the change log what issue you had that caused you to make this > change?
#1 was noticed while looking at the code, it *might* happen. #2 Is not strictly required for back porting. I just don't see a reason for holding the lock, that is all. > -- Steve Sebastian
