I have sent an email about this to Ben and Greg. Seeing that Precise/Quantal haven't picked up the patch yet, I'm hoping this way I might accelerate the process. Thanks.
http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=138004448323433 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1148084 Title: request to pull in an upstream bug fix for fanotify Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in “linux” source package in Precise: Triaged Status in “linux” source package in Quantal: Triaged Bug description: There is an unfortunate bug in the fanotify implementation in pre 3.8 kernels, where due to a race a multithreaded application could end up being hanged in an uninterruptible state. The fix has been around since March last year, but pushed to mainline in November. The patch in question is: https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux- stable.git/commit/fs/notify/fanotify?id=03a1cec1f17ac1a6041996b3e40f96b5a2f90e1b To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1148084/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp