Version: 3.16.7-ckt4-1 On Mon, 17 Nov 2014 19:34:40 +0100 Christian Seiler <christian@iwakd.de> wrote: > Source: linux > Version: 3.16.7-2 > Severity: important > Tags: upstream patch > > Dear Maintainer, > > in certain circumstances, the kernel may busy-wait indefinitely after > processing a SIGKILL to a process when using NFS. There is a patch for > this > issue that went into 3.17: > > <http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-nfs/msg45807.html> > <https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=92a56555bd576c61b27a5cab9f38a33a1e9a1df5> > > I've attached a backported version of the patch for this (the original > patch > does not directly apply due to another commit [1] in 3.17). > > I've tested that the patch applies (against 3.16.7-2), the modified > package compiles and that the resulting kernel boots (with no obvious > regressions). I haven't seen any busy-waits with that since, but the > bug is not trivial to trigger. This patch was included in 3.16.7-ckt3. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings Absolutum obsoletum. (If it works, it's out of date.) - Stafford Beer
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