From: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
To: Daisuke Nishimura <nishimura@mxp.nes.nec.co.jp>
Cc: stable@kernel.org, LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
linux-mm <linux-mm@kvack.org>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com>,
Balbir Singh <balbir@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [stable] [BUGFIX] memcg: avoid deadlock between move charge and try_charge()
Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2010 14:46:22 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20101206224622.GN9265@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20101126164825.24e684ca.nishimura@mxp.nes.nec.co.jp>
On Fri, Nov 26, 2010 at 04:48:25PM +0900, Daisuke Nishimura wrote:
> > > > Cc: <stable@kernel.org>
> > >
> > > The patch doesn't apply well to 2.6.36 so if we do want it backported
> > > then please prepare a tested backport for the -stable guys?
> > >
> > O.K.
> > I'll test a backported patch for 2.6.36.y and send it after this is merged into mainline.
> >
> Done.
>
> I've tested this backported patch on 2.6.36 and it works properly.
> There is no change in mm/memcontrol.c from v2.6.36 to v2.6.36.1, so
> this can be applied to 2.6.36.1 too.
Thanks for the patch, I've now queued it up for .36-stable.
greg k-h
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From: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
To: Daisuke Nishimura <nishimura@mxp.nes.nec.co.jp>
Cc: stable@kernel.org, LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
linux-mm <linux-mm@kvack.org>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com>,
Balbir Singh <balbir@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [stable] [BUGFIX] memcg: avoid deadlock between move charge and try_charge()
Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2010 14:46:22 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20101206224622.GN9265@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20101126164825.24e684ca.nishimura@mxp.nes.nec.co.jp>
On Fri, Nov 26, 2010 at 04:48:25PM +0900, Daisuke Nishimura wrote:
> > > > Cc: <stable@kernel.org>
> > >
> > > The patch doesn't apply well to 2.6.36 so if we do want it backported
> > > then please prepare a tested backport for the -stable guys?
> > >
> > O.K.
> > I'll test a backported patch for 2.6.36.y and send it after this is merged into mainline.
> >
> Done.
>
> I've tested this backported patch on 2.6.36 and it works properly.
> There is no change in mm/memcontrol.c from v2.6.36 to v2.6.36.1, so
> this can be applied to 2.6.36.1 too.
Thanks for the patch, I've now queued it up for .36-stable.
greg k-h
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-12-06 22:53 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-11-16 10:17 [BUGFIX] memcg: avoid deadlock between move charge and try_charge() Daisuke Nishimura
2010-11-16 10:17 ` Daisuke Nishimura
2010-11-16 20:41 ` Andrew Morton
2010-11-16 20:41 ` Andrew Morton
2010-11-17 0:24 ` Daisuke Nishimura
2010-11-17 0:24 ` Daisuke Nishimura
2010-11-26 7:48 ` [stable][BUGFIX] " Daisuke Nishimura
2010-11-26 7:48 ` Daisuke Nishimura
2010-12-06 22:46 ` Greg KH [this message]
2010-12-06 22:46 ` [stable] [BUGFIX] " Greg KH
2010-11-17 0:11 ` KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki
2010-11-17 0:11 ` KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki
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