linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] [4/4] SLAB: Fix node add timer race in cache

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Date:	Thu, 25 Feb 2010 09:26:27 +0200
From:	Pekka Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi>
To:	Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux-foundation.org>
CC:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>, Nick Piggin <npiggin@...e.de>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	haicheng.li@...el.com, rientjes@...gle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] [4/4] SLAB: Fix node add timer race in cache_reap

Christoph Lameter wrote:
> On Sat, 20 Feb 2010, Andi Kleen wrote:
> 
>> On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 12:22:58PM -0600, Christoph Lameter wrote:
>>> On Mon, 15 Feb 2010, Nick Piggin wrote:
>>>
>>>> I'm just worried there is still an underlying problem here.
>>> So am I. What caused the breakage that requires this patchset?
>> Memory hotadd with a new node being onlined.
> 
> That used to work fine.

OK, can we get this issue resolved? The merge window is open and 
Christoph seems to be unhappy with the whole patch queue. I'd hate this 
bug fix to miss .34...

			Pekka
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