From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail.linuxfoundation.org ([140.211.169.12]:49555 "EHLO mail.linuxfoundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751932AbcGXUlT (ORCPT ); Sun, 24 Jul 2016 16:41:19 -0400 Date: Sun, 24 Jul 2016 13:41:34 -0700 From: Greg Kroah-Hartman To: Sebastian Gottschall Cc: Huacai Chen , Lukasz Odzioba , Sasha Levin , stable@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH][stable-4.1/3.18] mm/swap.c: Fix a copy&paste error during backport Message-ID: <20160724204134.GA7801@kroah.com> References: <1469266247-13196-1-git-send-email-chenhc@lemote.com> <20160723164249.GA2482@kroah.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Sender: stable-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: 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 > > > --- > > > 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