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From: Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net>
To: "Akira Naribayashi (Fujitsu)" <a.naribayashi@fujitsu.com>
Cc: "akpm@linux-foundation.org" <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
	"vbabka@suse.cz" <vbabka@suse.cz>,
	"rientjes@google.com" <rientjes@google.com>,
	"linux-mm@kvack.org" <linux-mm@kvack.org>,
	"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	"stable@vger.kernel.org" <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm, compaction: fix fast_isolate_around() to stay within boundaries
Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2022 15:43:50 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20221107154350.34brdl3ms2ve5wud@techsingularity.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <TYCPR01MB77752C15C512BB7EC952F05BE53C9@TYCPR01MB7775.jpnprd01.prod.outlook.com>

On Mon, Nov 07, 2022 at 12:32:34PM +0000, Akira Naribayashi (Fujitsu) wrote:
> > Under what circumstances will this panic occur?  I assume those
> > circumstnces are pretty rare, give that 6e2b7044c1992 was nearly two
> > years ago.
> > 
> > Did you consider the desirability of backporting this fix into earlier
> > kernels?
> 
> 
> Panic can occur on systems with multiple zones in a single pageblock.
> 

Please provide an example of the panic and the zoneinfo.

> The reason it is rare is that it only happens in special configurations.

How is this special configuration created?

-- 
Mel Gorman
SUSE Labs

  reply	other threads:[~2022-11-07 15:50 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <20221026112438.236336-1-a.naribayashi@fujitsu.com>
2022-10-27 20:25 ` [PATCH] mm, compaction: fix fast_isolate_around() to stay within boundaries Andrew Morton
2022-11-04 11:45   ` Mel Gorman
     [not found]   ` <20221031073559.36021-1-a.naribayashi@fujitsu.com>
2022-11-07 12:32     ` Akira Naribayashi (Fujitsu)
2022-11-07 15:43       ` Mel Gorman [this message]
2022-11-09  5:41         ` Akira Naribayashi (Fujitsu)
2022-11-23 10:25           ` Mel Gorman
2022-12-09  9:19             ` Akira Naribayashi (Fujitsu)
2022-12-16 10:24               ` Mel Gorman

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