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From: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
To: Hugh Dickins <hughd@google.com>
Cc: Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com>, Mel Gorman <mel@csn.ul.ie>,
	Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>,
	linux-mm@kvack.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] compact_pgdat: workaround lockdep warning in kswapd
Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2012 12:49:52 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120206124952.75702d5c.akpm@linux-foundation.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LSU.2.00.1202061129040.2144@eggly.anvils>

On Mon, 6 Feb 2012 11:40:08 -0800 (PST)
Hugh Dickins <hughd@google.com> wrote:

> I get this lockdep warning from swapping load on linux-next
> (20120201 but I expect the same from more recent days):

The patch looks good as a standalone optimisation/cleanup.  The lack of
clarity on the lockdep thing is a concern - I have a feeling we'll be
bitten again.

This fix seems to be applicable to mainline?

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  reply	other threads:[~2012-02-06 20:50 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-02-06 19:40 [PATCH] compact_pgdat: workaround lockdep warning in kswapd Hugh Dickins
2012-02-06 20:49 ` Andrew Morton [this message]
2012-02-06 21:00   ` Hugh Dickins
2012-02-06 21:48   ` Rik van Riel
2012-02-06 22:14     ` Hugh Dickins
2012-02-09 15:40 ` Mel Gorman

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