linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH]fix page release issue in filemap

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Message-ID: <20071008132304.7382961d@bree.surriel.com>
Date:	Mon, 8 Oct 2007 13:23:04 -0400
From:	Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>
To:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc:	Yan Zheng <yanzheng@...n.com>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH]fix page release issue in filemap_fault

On Mon, 08 Oct 2007 19:15:23 +0200
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org> wrote:
> On Mon, 2007-10-08 at 23:28 +0800, Yan Zheng wrote:
> > Hi all
> > 
> > find_lock_page increases page's usage count, we should decrease it
> > before return VM_FAULT_SIGBUS
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Yan Zheng<yanzheng@...n.com>
> 
> Nice catch, .23 material?

An obvious fix for a memory leak.  I think it should go in.

> Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>

Acked-by: Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>

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