linux-kernel - Re: 2.6.19-rc2-mm1

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Message-ID: <4538D1C1.1080106@de.ibm.com>
Date:	Fri, 20 Oct 2006 15:40:17 +0200
From:	Carsten Otte <cotte@...ibm.com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>
CC:	Cedric Le Goater <clg@...ibm.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Nick Piggin <npiggin@...e.de>
Subject: Re: 2.6.19-rc2-mm1

Andrew Morton wrote:

> On Tue, 17 Oct 2006 17:45:29 +0200
> Cedric Le Goater <clg@...ibm.com> wrote:
>
>   
>>> +mm-fix-pagecache-write-deadlocks.patch
>>>       
> <looks>
>
> I think it might actually be that simple.  I expected a lot more fuss than
> that.
>
>   
This actually makes it compile&run again. Therefore I vote for inclusion.
I will look into Nick's suggestion of replacing it by a non-atomic 
variant later on, after fixing a page refcounting issue with xip and cow 
that was introduced by Nicks changes.
Acked-by: Carsten Otte <cotte@...ibm.com>

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