From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263812AbTLJSQz (ORCPT ); Wed, 10 Dec 2003 13:16:55 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263868AbTLJSQz (ORCPT ); Wed, 10 Dec 2003 13:16:55 -0500 Received: from delerium.codemonkey.org.uk ([81.187.208.145]:23180 "EHLO delerium.codemonkey.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263812AbTLJSQx (ORCPT ); Wed, 10 Dec 2003 13:16:53 -0500 Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2003 18:08:49 +0000 From: Dave Jones To: Chris Petersen Cc: Marcelo Tosatti , William Lee Irwin III , Linux-Kernel Subject: Re: FIXED (was Re: PROBLEM: Blk Dev Cache causing kswapd thrashing) Message-ID: <20031210180849.GA13303@redhat.com> Mail-Followup-To: Dave Jones , Chris Petersen , Marcelo Tosatti , William Lee Irwin III , Linux-Kernel References: <3FD75B8A.21FA59D9@synopsys.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3FD75B8A.21FA59D9@synopsys.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Dec 10, 2003 at 12:44:42PM -0500, Chris Petersen wrote: > It appears the block-device-cache/kswapd problem is indeed fixed in > 2.4.23 (yay!). > > To confuse matters RedHat has released an RPM with 2.4.20-24.7 which > apparently contains later patches that include the fix. 2.4.20-24.7 contains two patches. Both security issues. (do_brk and an nptl local DoS), nothing else (vs previous 2.4.20-20.7) > This can be > confusing because their 2.4.21-4EL kernel is busted (WRT this bug) That kernel bears no relation whatsoever to 2.4.20-24.7 It's for a completely different product for one thing, with very little in common between them (in terms of patches we add). Dave