linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] [4/4] SLAB: Fix node add timer race in cache

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Date:	Thu, 25 Feb 2010 20:46:35 +0200
From:	Pekka Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi>
To:	Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux-foundation.org>
CC:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>, Nick Piggin <npiggin@...e.de>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	haicheng.li@...el.com, rientjes@...gle.com,
	KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] [4/4] SLAB: Fix node add timer race in cache_reap

Hi Christoph,

Christoph Lameter wrote:
>> OK, can we get this issue resolved? The merge window is open and Christoph
>> seems to be unhappy with the whole patch queue. I'd hate this bug fix to miss
>> .34...
> 
> Merge window? These are bugs that have to be fixed independently from a
> merge window. The question is if this is the right approach or if there is
> other stuff still lurking because we are not yet seeing the full picture.

The first set of patches from Andi are almost one month old. If this 
issue progresses as swiftly as it has to this day, I foresee a rocky 
road for any of them getting merged to .34 through slab.git, that's all.

			Pekka
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