linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mm: check VMA flags to avoid invalid PROT

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Date:   Sun, 25 Sep 2016 15:24:47 -0700
From:   Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     Lorenzo Stoakes <lstoakes@...il.com>
Cc:     linux-mm <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
        Mel Gorman <mgorman@...hsingularity.net>,
        Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>, tbsaunde@...aunde.org,
        robert@...llahan.org,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm: check VMA flags to avoid invalid PROT_NONE NUMA balancing

On Sun, Sep 25, 2016 at 1:52 PM, Linus Torvalds
<torvalds@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:
>
> Can I have an ACK from the involved people, and I'll apply it
> directly.. Mel? Rik?

Oh well. The patch looks fine to me and I want to include it in the
rc8 release, so I'll apply it. Worst comes to worst we can revert, but
I can confirm that it's trivial to trigger the BUG_ON() without the
patch, so..

                Linus