linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/6] mempolicy: Kill all mempolicy sharing

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Message-ID: <4FC68A08.7000708@gmail.com>
Date:	Wed, 30 May 2012 16:58:48 -0400
From:	KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...il.com>
To:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
CC:	kosaki.motohiro@...il.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-mm@...ck.org, Andrew Morton <akpm@...gle.com>,
	Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>, Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>, stable@...r.kernel.org,
	hughd@...gle.com, KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/6] mempolicy: Kill all mempolicy sharing

(5/30/12 4:31 PM), Andi Kleen wrote:
> kosaki.motohiro@...il.com writes:
>
>> From: KOSAKI Motohiro<kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>
>>
>> Dave Jones' system call fuzz testing tool "trinity" triggered the following
>> bug error with slab debugging enabled
>
> We have to fix it properly sorry. There are users who benefit from it
> and just disabling it is not gonna fly.

Why? This patch doesn't make any user visible behavior change. I haven't
caught what does your "proper" mean.



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