linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Fix OOPS in mmap_region() when merging adjacent VM

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Date:	Thu, 29 Jan 2009 21:56:39 -0800
From:	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Maksim Yevmenkin <maksim.yevmenkin@...il.com>,
	Lee Schermerhorn <Lee.Schermerhorn@...com>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Nick Piggin <npiggin@...e.de>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	will@...wder-design.com, Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>,
	KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>,
	KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix OOPS in mmap_region() when merging adjacent
	VM_LOCKED file segments

On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 06:08:30PM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> 
> 
> On Thu, 29 Jan 2009, Maksim Yevmenkin wrote:
> > 
> > Just to confirm. This patch also appear to fix the immediate issue for us.
> 
> Ok, I ended up committing it.
> 
> I didn't do the whole "Cc: stable@...nel.org" thing, because maybe the 
> non-cleanup version is less controversial for stable, but I decided that 
> there's no way I don't want the cleanup done in mainline kernel, and if we 
> end up needing a few VM_IO's added, I think it's worth it. Even after -rc3 
> (since I suspend we won't actually need them).

Which version was the "non-cleanup" version that should be added to the
stable trees?

The commit you did make, de33c8db5910cda599899dd431cc30d7c1018cbf,
seemed pretty "tiny" to me.

confused,

greg k-h
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