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SubjectRe: [RFC 2/3] futex: exit: Print a warning when futex_cleanup fails
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On Thu, Apr 21 2022 at 15:05, Nico Pache wrote:

> The futex_cleanup routines currently fails silently.
>
> Allow the futex_cleanup routines to fail more verbosely so we can
> leave a message behind for easier debugging/error detecting.

This is a free ticket to spam dmesg for any unpriviledged user.

> Fixes: 0771dfefc9e5 ("[PATCH] lightweight robust futexes: core")

There is nothing to fix, really.

Robust futexes are best effort as I explained you before and spamming
dmesg won't help anything.

Thanks,

tglx

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