From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail137.messagelabs.com (mail137.messagelabs.com [216.82.249.19]) by kanga.kvack.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CF21E8D0039 for ; Wed, 9 Mar 2011 09:38:50 -0500 (EST) Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2011 16:36:35 +0200 (EET) From: Aaro Koskinen Subject: Re: [PATCHv2] procfs: fix /proc//maps heap check In-Reply-To: <20110307150756.d50635f1.akpm@linux-foundation.org> Message-ID: References: <1299244994-5284-1-git-send-email-aaro.koskinen@nokia.com> <20110307150756.d50635f1.akpm@linux-foundation.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org List-ID: To: Andrew Morton Cc: Aaro Koskinen , linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kosaki.motohiro@jp.fujitsu.com, stable@kernel.org Hi, On Mon, 7 Mar 2011, Andrew Morton wrote: > On Fri, 4 Mar 2011 15:23:14 +0200 > Aaro Koskinen wrote: > >> The current code fails to print the "[heap]" marking if the heap is >> splitted into multiple mappings. >> >> Fix the check so that the marking is displayed in all possible cases: >> 1. vma matches exactly the heap >> 2. the heap vma is merged e.g. with bss >> 3. the heap vma is splitted e.g. due to locked pages >> >> Signed-off-by: Aaro Koskinen >> Cc: stable@kernel.org > > Why do you believe this problem is serious enough to justify > backporting the fix into -stable? My bad analysis. It looks like the bug has been there forever, and since it only results in some information missing from a procfile, it does not fulfil the stable "critical issue" criteria. A. -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@kvack.org. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Fight unfair telecom internet charges in Canada: sign http://stopthemeter.ca/ Don't email: email@kvack.org