On Thu, 14 Jul 2016 19:19:47 +0200 Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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. > I have no problem backporting them. I just thought that the change log might have been missing some useful information. -- Steve
