linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] vmw_balloon: fixing double free when batching mode is off

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Date:   Wed, 14 Mar 2018 08:41:03 +0100
From:   Oleksandr Natalenko <oleksandr@...hat.com>
To:     Nadav Amit <namit@...are.com>
Cc:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Xavier Deguillard <xdeguillard@...are.com>,
        pv-drivers <pv-drivers@...are.com>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Gil Kupfer <gilkup@...il.com>,
        "stable@...r.kernel.org" <stable@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] vmw_balloon: fixing double free when batching mode is off

Hello.

On Wed, Mar 14, 2018 at 5:02 AM, Nadav Amit <namit@...are.com> wrote:
> Oleksandr, if you can confirm that it fixes the bug you encountered, it
> would be great.

Sure, I'm checking this possibility with a couple of customers, and
will reply back once I have some inputs on it.

> Greg, Arnd, on your free time, please let me know if there is any issue
> with the patch, and whether you can incorporate it, preferably in 4.16,
> since it is a bug-fix that was encountered by Red-Hat customers.

-- 
Best regards,
  Oleksandr Natalenko (post-factum)
  Software Maintenance Engineer