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

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Message-ID: <20100302125538.GE19208@basil.fritz.box>
Date:	Tue, 2 Mar 2010 13:55:38 +0100
From:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
To:	Pekka Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi>
Cc:	Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux-foundation.org>,
	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

> 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 

Yes it seems to be a bike shedding area for some reason (which color
should we paint it today?)

> of them getting merged to .34 through slab.git, that's all.

IMHO they are all bug fixes and there is no excuse for not merging them ASAP,
independent of any merge windows.

-Andi
-- 
ak@...ux.intel.com -- Speaking for myself only.
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