From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from psmtp.com (na3sys010amx184.postini.com [74.125.245.184]) by kanga.kvack.org (Postfix) with SMTP id D69CF6B004D for ; Tue, 1 May 2012 16:23:46 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 1 May 2012 15:23:43 -0500 (CDT) From: Christoph Lameter Subject: Re: [PATCH] slub: prevent validate_slab() error due to race condition In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: <1335466658-29063-1-git-send-email-Waiman.Long@hp.com> <4F9AFD28.2030801@hp.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org List-ID: To: Pekka Enberg Cc: Waiman Long , "mpm@selenic.com" , "linux-mm@kvack.org" , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , "Morris, Donald George (HP-UX Cupertino)" , David Rientjes , Eric Dumazet On Mon, 30 Apr 2012, Pekka Enberg wrote: > On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 11:10 PM, Waiman Long wrote: > > Thank for the quick response. I have no problem for moving the node-lock > > taking into free_debug_processing. Of the 2 problems that are reported, this > > is a more serious one and so need to be fixed sooner rather than later. For > > the other one, we can take more time to find a better solution. > > > > So are you going to integrate your change to the mainline? > > Christoph, can you send the patch with an improved changelog that also > explains what the problem is? Will do so once I get back from the conference I am at. > How far back in the stable series do we want to backport this? This only affects slab validation when running with deubgging so I would suggest to merge in the next cycle. -- 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