[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]
Re: [Xen-devel] Revert c5ad33184354260be6d05de57e46a5498692f6d6 "mm/swap.c: flush lru pvecs on compound page arrival" from stable tree? Was:[osstest-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx: [linux-4.1 bisection] complete test-amd64-i386-qemut-rhel6hvm-amd]
- To: Ian Jackson <ian.jackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- From: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2016 16:23:28 +0200
- Cc: "xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Sebastian Gottschall <s.gottschall@xxxxxxxxxx>, "linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "Odzioba, Lukasz" <lukasz.odzioba@xxxxxxxxx>, "david.vrabel@xxxxxxxxxx" <david.vrabel@xxxxxxxxxx>, "boris.ostrovsky@xxxxxxxxxx" <boris.ostrovsky@xxxxxxxxxx>, "akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Delivery-date: Thu, 21 Jul 2016 14:23:43 +0000
- List-id: Xen developer discussion <xen-devel.lists.xen.org>
On Thu 21-07-16 13:45:40, Ian Jackson wrote:
> I see that linux-4.1.y is still at 5880876e9469 which has the serious
> bug introduced by the backport c5ad33184354 "mm/swap.c: flush lru
> pvecs on compound page arrival".
>
> The analogous problem is also still affecting at least linux-3.18.y.
>
> Is there some problem with reverting this patch in the stable
> branches ?
Sasha has mentioned he queued up the follow up fix. I am not sure who is
the 3.18 maintainer but he should do the same.
I am slightly worried that Sasha's email is bouncing for several days
and I am not sure who is his backup. For the time being I would just
suggest doing a local revert or apply Steven's patch from
http://www.spinics.net/lists/stable/msg138760.html
--
Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs
_______________________________________________
Xen-devel mailing list
Xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
https://lists.xen.org/xen-devel
|
