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SubjectRe: [4.2] commit d59cfc09c32 (sched, cgroup: replace signal_struct->group_rwsem with a global percpu_rwsem) causes regression for libvirt/kvm
On Tue, Sep 15, 2015 at 06:28:11PM -0400, Tejun Heo wrote:
> Hello,
>
> On Tue, Sep 15, 2015 at 02:38:30PM -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> > I did take a shot at adding the rcu_sync stuff during this past merge
> > window, but it did not converge quickly enough to make it. It looks
> > quite good for the next merge window. There have been changes in most
> > of the relevant areas, so probably best to just try them and see which
> > works best.
>
> Heh, I'm having a bit of trouble following. Are you saying that the
> changes would be too big for -stable? If so, I'll send out reverts of
> the culprit patches and then reapply them for this cycle so that it
> can land together with the rcu changes in the next merge window, but
> it'd be great to find out whether the rcu changes are enough for the
> issue that Christian is seeing to go away. If not, I'll switch to a
> different locking scheme and mark those patches w/ stable tag.

Well, the decision as to what is too big for -stable is owned by the
-stable maintainers, not by me.

I am suggesting trying the options and seeing what works best, then
working to convince people as needed.

Thanx, Paul



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