Re: [PATCH][stable-4.1/3.18] mm/swap.c: Fix a copy&paste error during backport

[Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

On Sun, Jul 24, 2016 at 03:30:38PM +0200, Sebastian Gottschall wrote:
> Am 23.07.2016 um 18:42 schrieb Greg Kroah-Hartman:
> > On Sat, Jul 23, 2016 at 05:30:47PM +0800, Huacai Chen wrote:
> > > When backport 8f182270dfec432e ("mm/swap.c: flush lru pvecs on compound
> > > page arrival") to 4.1/3.18 stable branches, there is a copy&paste error
> > > which will cause memory leak and then an OOM.
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Huacai Chen <chenhc@lemote.com>
> > > ---
> > >   mm/swap.c | 2 +-
> > >   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > I am not the maintainer of these kernels, it is Sasha, so there's not
> > much I can do here, sorry.
>
> consider that sasha is not on this list anymore. his email address is
> invalid. i dont think that he got notice of it and its a bad situation if
> stable kernels are broken. (since more than a week)

I trust he will return, give him a chance :)

In the meantime, just apply the patch as needed to your local copies of
the tree, or upgrade to a newer release.

thanks,

greg k-h