linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] break out page allocation warning code

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Date:	Mon, 18 Apr 2011 13:57:01 -0700
From:	Dave Hansen <dave@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>
Cc:	linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>,
	Michal Nazarewicz <mina86@...a86.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] break out page allocation warning code

On Mon, 2011-04-18 at 13:25 -0700, David Rientjes wrote:
> It shouldn't be a follow-on patch since you're introducing a new feature 
> here (vmalloc allocation failure warnings) and what I'm identifying is a 
> race in the access to current->comm.  A bug fix for a race should always 
> preceed a feature that touches the same code.

Dude.  Seriously.  Glass house!  a63d83f4

I'll go look in to it, though.

-- Dave

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