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Date:   Wed, 24 Jan 2018 04:55:56 -0500 (EST)
From:   Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@redhat.com>
To:     Matt Turner <mattst88@gmail.com>
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On Tue, 23 Jan 2018, Matt Turner wrote:

> On Tue, Jan 23, 2018 at 2:23 AM, Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@redhat.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > On Sat, 20 Jan 2018, Matt Turner wrote:
> >
> >> Hi Linus,
> >>
> >> Please pull my alpha git tree. It contains a build fix and a regression fix.
> >>
> >> Hopefully still in time for 4.15 :)
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> Matt
> >
> > Hi
> >
> > Will you also submit these patches? The first one fixes a crash when
> > pthread_create races with signal delivery, it could cause random crashing
> > in applications.
> >
> > https://marc.info/?l=linux-alpha&m=151491969711913&w=2
> > https://marc.info/?l=linux-alpha&m=151491960011839&w=2
> > https://marc.info/?l=linux-alpha&m=151491963911901&w=2
> 
> Yes, I've already queued them up for the next merge window. I wasn't
> sure if they were appropriate for 4.15 so late in the cycle. If you
> think they are, I can send another pull request for 4.15.
> 
> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mattst88/alpha.git/log/?h=alpha-next
> 
> Thanks,
> Matt

It's OK to send these patches in the 4.16 merge window. They will be 
backported to the stable kernels anyway.

Mikulas