linux-kernel - Re: [patch for-3.17] mm, thp: fix collapsing of hugepages on madvise

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Message-ID: <CA+55aFzZMuup+00b7yLy=oLbzErEuUXxuBuwGcDCbjM5PbYKaQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Sun, 5 Oct 2014 11:51:13 -0700
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	"Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill@...temov.name>
Cc:	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>,
	Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@...hat.com>,
	Suleiman Souhlal <suleiman@...gle.com>,
	stable <stable@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-mm <linux-mm@...ck.org>
Subject: Re: [patch for-3.17] mm, thp: fix collapsing of hugepages on madvise

On Sun, Oct 5, 2014 at 11:41 AM, Kirill A. Shutemov
<kirill@...temov.name> wrote:
>
> Look like rather complex fix for a not that complex bug.
> What about untested patch below?

Much nicer. This will miss 3.17 because I'm cutting it today and it's
too late to have this discussion for that, but I think I'd prefer to
merge this instead later..

              Linus
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