5 Feb
2021
5 Feb
'21
11:26 a.m.
On Fri, Feb 05, 2021 at 03:07:02AM -0800, Xie He wrote:
On Thu, Feb 4, 2021 at 6:59 AM gregkh@linuxfoundation.org wrote:
The patch below does not apply to the 5.10-stable tree. If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit id to stable@vger.kernel.org.
This patch only fixes a theoretical race condition. I'm not sure the race condition is really affecting users. Is it necessary to apply this patch to stable branches?
Ok, if this is not affecting anyone, there's no need for a backport, thanks for letting me know!
greg k-h