linux-kernel - Re: [121/136] mm: fix anonymous dirtying

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Message-ID: <20091002165505.GC3901@suse.de>
Date:	Fri, 2 Oct 2009 09:55:05 -0700
From:	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>
To:	Hugh Dickins <hugh.dickins@...cali.co.uk>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...nel.org,
	stable-review@...nel.org, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk,
	Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>,
	KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>,
	KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>,
	Nick Piggin <npiggin@...e.de>, Mel Gorman <mel@....ul.ie>,
	Minchan Kim <minchan.kim@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [121/136] mm: fix anonymous dirtying

On Fri, Oct 02, 2009 at 05:34:03PM +0100, Hugh Dickins wrote:
> On Thu, 1 Oct 2009, Greg KH wrote:
> > 2.6.31-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let us know.
> > 
> > ------------------
> > From: Hugh Dickins <hugh.dickins@...cali.co.uk>
> > 
> > commit 1ac0cb5d0e22d5e483f56b2bc12172dec1cf7536 upstream.
> > 
> > do_anonymous_page() has been wrong to dirty the pte regardless.
> > If it's not going to mark the pte writable, then it won't help
> > to mark it dirty here, and clogs up memory with pages which will
> > need swap instead of being thrown away.  Especially wrong if no
> > overcommit is chosen, and this vma is not yet VM_ACCOUNTed -
> > we could exceed the limit and OOM despite no overcommit.
> 
> Thanks a lot for including this little fix in 2.6.31.2.
> It is equally relevant to both 2.6.27.36 and 2.6.30.9,
> so if not too late, please consider adding it into those too.

Ok, will do.

thanks,

greg k-h
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