From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=3.0 tests=DKIMWL_WL_HIGH,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS, USER_AGENT_SANE_1 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 277DAC0650F for ; Sun, 11 Aug 2019 23:46:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E5CBC2087B for ; Sun, 11 Aug 2019 23:46:17 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=default; t=1565567178; bh=hxZGXq+1QClkJfpjPXEQ6VhU1iaPfgemO6jldgiK4ig=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:List-ID:From; b=HQ7oK+LU/xVN6fI3e5/pHXU6ACv2luMxCVwJxf96SZDFSSYEZ+277LMhwyHdBqaCJ t1JPkn+xVyX2IGk6DFNJ4S6ydKmDA0YJW/bAQU6AiadxsZj5Dub/lR7CZCrAWhMkb1 WTUmRNRmuudwW6fOFmXevffr1im60JlNJs+2qlAo= Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1726647AbfHKXqQ (ORCPT ); Sun, 11 Aug 2019 19:46:16 -0400 Received: from mail.kernel.org ([198.145.29.99]:54274 "EHLO mail.kernel.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726164AbfHKXqQ (ORCPT ); Sun, 11 Aug 2019 19:46:16 -0400 Received: from localhost (c-73-47-72-35.hsd1.nh.comcast.net [73.47.72.35]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 79CB52084D; Sun, 11 Aug 2019 23:46:15 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=default; t=1565567176; bh=hxZGXq+1QClkJfpjPXEQ6VhU1iaPfgemO6jldgiK4ig=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=MprxUavY8cQ6/cK9n6f1O0oHgjE9X38sSHpyXM3LvHswaNqflKU9ROrO5pDwSRbEk yAG/II7kSV3UVtPsliGyxkWlwMFGyTM4FcFFi2CkTMAI+HNoOsQwAmKvCqdn41gf+b clMk2UeA9ioWkiLaJJpl4S0Sa7srBhLMO2ljV9K8= Date: Sun, 11 Aug 2019 19:46:14 -0400 From: Sasha Levin To: Andrew Morton Cc: Michal Hocko , Mike Kravetz , linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, ltp@lists.linux.it, Li Wang , Naoya Horiguchi , Cyril Hrubis , xishi.qiuxishi@alibaba-inc.com Subject: Re: [PATCH] hugetlbfs: fix hugetlb page migration/fault race causing SIGBUS Message-ID: <20190811234614.GZ17747@sasha-vm> References: <20190808000533.7701-1-mike.kravetz@oracle.com> <20190808074607.GI11812@dhcp22.suse.cz> <20190808074736.GJ11812@dhcp22.suse.cz> <416ee59e-9ae8-f72d-1b26-4d3d31501330@oracle.com> <20190808185313.GG18351@dhcp22.suse.cz> <20190808163928.118f8da4f4289f7c51b8ffd4@linux-foundation.org> <20190809064633.GK18351@dhcp22.suse.cz> <20190809151718.d285cd1f6d0f1cf02cb93dc8@linux-foundation.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20190809151718.d285cd1f6d0f1cf02cb93dc8@linux-foundation.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.10.1 (2018-07-13) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Aug 09, 2019 at 03:17:18PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote: >On Fri, 9 Aug 2019 08:46:33 +0200 Michal Hocko wrote: > >> > Maybe we should introduce the Fixes-no-stable: tag. That should get >> > their attention. >> >> No please, Fixes shouldn't be really tight to any stable tree rules. It >> is a very useful indication of which commit has introduced bug/problem >> or whatever that the patch follows up to. We in Suse are using this tag >> to evaluate potential fixes as the stable is not reliable. We could live >> with Fixes-no-stable or whatever other name but does it really makes >> sense to complicate the existing state when stable maintainers are doing >> whatever they want anyway? Does a tag like that force AI from selecting >> a patch? I am not really convinced. > >It should work if we ask stable trees maintainers not to backport >such patches. > >Sasha, please don't backport patches which are marked Fixes-no-stable: >and which lack a cc:stable tag. I'll add it to my filter, thank you! -- Thanks, Sasha