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SubjectRe: [PATCH] Revert "exec: make de_thread() freezable (was: Re: Linux 4.20-rc4)
Hi!

> > On 12/04, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> > >
> > > * Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > we really need to narrow the (huge) scope of ->cred_guard_mutex in exec
> > paths.
> > > >
> > > > my attempt to fix this was nacked, and nobody suggested a better solution
> > so far.
> > >
> > > Any link to your patch and the NAK?
> >
> > See https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20170213141452.GA30203@redhat.com/
> >
> > No questions, the patch wasn't pretty. And imo we need to rework the security
> > hooks in the long term.
> >
> > Oleg.
>
> I am sorry for the reverting this patch. It's also my fault that
> I didn't check lockdep. But, We decided to keep this patch in our product.
> Freeze fail is a real problem we've had for the last two years,
> whereas lockdep's notice is not a real problem.
> We hope this issue will be resolved soon.

I guess it makes sense for your usage.

How often do you see the failures without the patch?
Pavel
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