linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mm: prevent concurrent unmap_mapping

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Message-ID: <alpine.LSU.2.00.1107071715020.10234@sister.anvils>
Date:	Thu, 7 Jul 2011 17:32:10 -0700 (PDT)
From:	Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>
To:	Wengang Wang <wen.gang.wang@...cle.com>
cc:	stable@...nel.org, greg.marsden@...cle.com, joe.jin@...cle.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm: prevent concurrent unmap_mapping_range() on the same
 inode --to stable

On Mon, 4 Jul 2011, Wengang Wang wrote:
> 
> Any comment on the backport?

You don't mention which release it's a backport to.
2.6.38 and 2.6.39 base releases and 2.6.37.6 already include the fix.

It could be valuable to backport to the -longterm releases,
but a simple rediff would not be enough: things moved around.

Hugh
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